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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Table XII
Sanitary Inspections—Classification of Visits
| Houses, Public Health Act, 1936 | 4,135 |
| Houses, Housing Act, 1936-1954 | 275 |
| Overcrowding | 209 |
| Disinfestation | 66 |
| Pet Animals Act, 1951 | 9 |
| Vans, Sheds | 13 |
| Shops Act, 1950 | 63 |
| Food Shops | 441 |
| Fried Fish | 8 |
| Cafes, etc | 120 |
| Factories (Mechanical) | 60 |
| Factories (Non-Mechanical) | 7 |
| Outworkers | 31 |
| Food Factories | 142 |
| Smoke | 86 |
| Offensive Trades | 1 |
| Bakehouses | 26 |
| Dairies | 7 |
| Water Sampling | 16 |
| Ice-cream Sampling | 112 |
| Other Foods Sampling | 116 |
| Schools | 27 |
| Stables | 10 |
| Offensive Accumulations | 29 |
| Hairdressers | 1 |
| Petrol | 75 |
| Canal Boats | 5 |
| Slaughterhouses | 27 |
| Rats and Mice | 395 |
| Infectious Diseases | 735 |
| Atmospheric Pollution | 343 |
| 7,590 |