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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hammersmith 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith]
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| Number of Specimens. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Widal or Typhoid reaction obtained | 2 | |
| Widal or Typhoid reaction not obtained | 0 | |
| — | 2 | |
| Tubercle bacillus found | 27 | |
| „ „ not found | 93 | |
| — | 120 | |
| 147 | ||
Food Supply.—The dairies and milkshops, the icecream
shops, and the kitchens of restaurants, &c., were
kept under systematic observation by your inspectors.
The licences of seven slaughter-houses in the
borough were renewed by the London County Council
in October, no objections being raised by the Borough
Council.
The following table gives a summary of the work relating to the above-named premises.
| PREMISES. | NUMBER OF PLACES. | Number of inspections, 1917. | Number of notices, 1917. | Number of prosecutions, 1917. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1916. | Added in 1917. | Removed in 1917. | On register at end of 1917. | ||||
| Milk premises | 306 | 12 | 12 | 306 | 734 | 14 | 2 |
| PREMISES. | NUMBER OF PLACES. | Number of inspections, 1917. | Number of notices, 1917. | Number of prosecutions, I9i 7. | |||
| On register at end of 1916. | Added in 1917. | Removed in 1917. | On register at end of 1917. | ||||
| Slaughter-houses | 7 | nil. | nil. | 7 | 294 | nil | nil. |
| Ice Cream premises | 232 | 2 | nil. | 234 | 153 | nil | nil. |
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order, 1885.—
Proceedings were taken against Messrs. Welford & Co.,
and one of their employees for a contravention of the
above order in failing to take proper precautions to
prevent the contamination of milk.