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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
East Ham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Closet Accommodation.
The water carriage system prevails throughout the Borough.
Public Cleansing.
The Borough Engineer reports that the arrangements in collection
and disposal of household refuse continued as in previous
years. Incineration and salvage utilisation is the method of disposal.
Approximately 42 per cent. of the houses in the Borough
are supplied with refuse receptacles under the hire scheme of the
Corporation.
Sanitary Inspection
Details of the activities of the inspectorate in general sanitary
administration are contained in the subjoined statements.
(a) Inspections. The number of inspections of all classes (40,430) showed a substantial increase as compared with the number for 1936.
| (i) Housing:— | |
| House-to-house | 5300 |
| Under Public Health Act | 1716 |
| Other visits | 343 |
| Reinspections | 25234 |
| (ii) Sanitary Circumstances:— | |
| Drainage and San. Acc. | 647 |
| Factories and Workshops (exc. Bakehouses) | 76 |
| Workplaces and Outworkers | 377 |
| Caravans | 2449 |
| Re offensive fumes | 287 |
| Miscellaneous | 786 |
| (iii) Food Supply:— | |
| Slaughterhouses | 1145 |
| Dairies | 313 |
| Food Premises | 338 |
| Bakehouses | 115 |
| Re sampling | 510 |
| (iv) Infectious Disease:— | |
| Visits | 794 |