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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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T able XXXII.
| Houses, Public Health Act, 1936 | 4,249 |
| Houses, Housing Act, 1936 | 255 |
| Overcrowding | 83 |
| Disinfestation | 302 |
| War Damage | 34 |
| Shops Act | 1 |
| Food Shops | 657 |
| Fried Fish | 15 |
| Cafes, etc | 37 |
| Factories, Mechanical | 69 |
| Factories, Non-Mechanical | 3 |
| Outworkers | 5 |
| Food Factories | 706 |
| Smoke | 9 |
| Offensive Trades | 1 |
| Bakehouses | 31 |
| Dairies | 58 |
| Water Sampling | 3 |
| Milk Sampling | 38 |
| Other Foods Sampling | 23 |
| Rats and Mice | 128 |
| Stables | 63 |
| Accumulations | 42 |
| Petrol, etc | 55 |
| Canal Boats | 1 |
| Slaughterhouses | 18 |
| Total Inspections | 6,886 |
T able XXXIII.
| Nuisances caused by the keeping of animals | 14 |
| Accumulation of refuse, etc. | 8 |
| Offensive smells | 20 |
| Vermin | 32 |
| Choked drains | 108 |
| Dampness | 49 |
| Defective roofs, gutters, etc. | 88 |
| Defective sanitary fittings | 45 |
| Rats and mice | 11 |
| Miscellaneous | 77 |
| Other defective conditions of houses | 170 |
| Overcrowding | 36 |
| Air raid shelters | 2 |
| War-damaged houses | 7 |
| Smoke | 7 |
| Food | 89 |
| 773 |