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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Sanitary Inspection.
Details of the work of the inspectors in general sanitary
administration are contained in the following statements:—
(a) Inspections.
The number of inspections of all classes 29,117
(i) Housing.
House-to-house —
Under Public Health Act 9,202
Re-inspections 12,945
Housing Act, 1936 2,377
(ii) Sanitary Circumstances.
Yards and Passages 41
Drainage and Sanitary Accommodation 1,469
Factories (excluding Bakehouses) 39
Workplaces and Outworkers 12
Caravans 4
Re Offensive Fumes 13
Miscellaneous 1,253
(iii) Food Supply.
Slaughterhouse 1
Dairies 18
Food Premises 851
Bakehouses 38
Re Sampling 286
(iv) Infectious Disease.
Visits 568
(b) Notices.—The number of notices served during the year
totalled 5,598 of which 395 were statutory notices. The
number of notices complied within the same period was
5,460.