London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Southall 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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T able XXXII.
| Houses, Public Health Act, 1936 | 4,027 |
| Houses, Housing Act, 1936 | 47 |
| Overcrowding | 42 |
| Disinfestation | 183 |
| War Damage | 65 |
| Shops Act | 14 |
| Food Shops | 475 |
| Fried Fish | 15 |
| Cafes, etc | 2 |
| Factories, Mechanical | 210 |
| Factories, Non-Mechanical | 11 |
| Outworkers | 7 |
| Food Factories | 421 |
| Smoke | 4 |
| Offensive Trades | 4 |
| Bakehouses | 54 |
| Dairies | 134 |
| Water Sampling | 17 |
| Milk Sampling | 69 |
| Other Foods Sampling | 5 |
| School | 1 |
| Stables | 63 |
| Accumulations | 51 |
| Petrol, etc | 65 |
| Canal Boats | 2 |
| Slaughterhouses | 10 |
| Total Inspections | 5,998 |
T able XXXIII.
| Nuisances caused by the keeping of animals | 18 |
| Accumulation of refuse, etc. | 16 |
| Offensive smells | 16 |
| Vermin | 36 |
| Choked drains | 153 |
| Dampness | 37 |
| Defective roofs, gutters, etc. | 60 |
| Defective sanitary fittings | 97 |
| Rats and mice | 47 |
| Miscellaneous | 25 |
| Other defective conditions of houses | 109 |
| Overcrowding | 35 |
| Air raid shelters | 6 |
| War-damaged houses | 60 |
| Smoke | 2 |
| Food | 159 |
| 876 |