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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Table XXXII.
| Houses, Public Health Act, 1936 | 4,976 |
| Houses, Housing Act, 1936 | 95 |
| Overcrowding | 187 |
| Disinfestation | 306 |
| War Damage | 14 |
| Vans and Sheds | — |
| Shops Acts | 8 |
| Food Shops | 552 |
| Fried Fish | 3 |
| Cafes, etc. | 56 |
| Factories (Mechanical) | 46 |
| Factories (Non-Mechanical) | 2 |
| Outworkers | 1 |
| Food Factories | 495 |
| Smoke | r |
| Bakehouses | 16 |
| Dairies | 18 |
| Water Sampling | 7 |
| Milk Sampling | 57 |
| Other Foods Sampling | 72 |
| Schools | 4 |
| Stables | 32 |
| Accumulations | 26 |
| Slaughterhouses | 9 |
| Rats and Mice | 321 |
| Food Poisoning | 3 |
| Petrol | 71 |
| 7,378 |
T able XXXIII.
| Nuisances caused by the keeping of animals | 16 |
| Accumulation of refuse, etc. | 43 |
| Offensive smells | 22 |
| Vermin | 76 |
| Choked drains | 232 |
| Dampness | 60 |
| Defective roofs, gutters, etc. | 85 |
| Defective sanitary fittings | 150 |
| Rats and mice | 22 |
| Miscellaneous | 55 |
| Other defective conditions of houses | 233 |
| Overcrowding | 89 |
| Air-raid shelters | 3 |
| War-damaged houses | 29 |
| Smoke | 7 |
| Food | 130 |
| 1,252 |