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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Table XXXII
| Houses, Public Health Act, 1936 | 6,654 |
| Houses, Housing Act, 1936 | 98 |
| Overcrowding | 1,024 |
| Disinfestation | 365 |
| War Damage | 9 |
| Vans and Sheds | 6 |
| Shops Acts | 16 |
| Food Shops | 480 |
| Fried Fish Shops | 13 |
| Cafes, etc | 90 |
| Factories (Mechanical) | 63 |
| Factories (Non-Mechanical) | 13 |
| Outworkers | 2 |
| Food Factories | 337 |
| Smoke | 20 |
| Bakehouses | 15 |
| Dairies | 46 |
| Water Sampling | 23 |
| Milk Sampling | 89 |
| Other Foods Sampling | 52 |
| Schools | 29 |
| Stables | 15 |
| Accumulations | 26 |
| Slaughterhouses | 10 |
| Rats and Mice | 96 |
| Building Material Permits | 724 |
| Petrol | 52 |
| Offensive Trades | 7 |
| Canal Boats | 11 |
| 10,379 |
Table XXXIII
| Nuisances caused by the keeping of animals | 11 |
| Accumulation of refuse, etc. | 28 |
| Offensive smells | 20 |
| Vermin | 118 |
| Choked drains | 214 |
| Dampness | 103 |
| Defective roofs, gutters, etc. | 263 |
| Defective sanitary fittings | 237 |
| Rats and mice | 3 |
| Miscellaneous | 201 |
| Other defective conditions of houses | 272 |
| Overcrowding | 176 |
| Air-raid shelters | 1 |
| War-damaged houses | 3 |
| Smoke | 18 |
| Food | 107 |
| 1,775 |