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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 1956
[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 | 4,542 |
| Houses, Housing Act, 1936-1954 | 306 |
| Overcrowding | 169 |
| Disinfestation | 72 |
| Pet Animals Act, 1951 | 7 |
| Vans, Sheds | 10 |
| Shops Act, 1950 | 115 |
| Food Shops | 370 |
| Fried Fish | 10 |
| Cafes, etc | 216 |
| Factories (Mechanical) | 143 |
| Factories (Non-Mechanical) | 11 |
| Outworkers | 32 |
| Food Factories | 205 |
| Smoke | 114 |
| Offensive Trades | - |
| Bakehouses | 11 |
| Dairies | 12 |
| Water Sampling | 2 |
| Ice-Cream Sampling | 102 |
| Other Foods Sampling | 32 |
| Schools | 9 |
| Stables | 13 |
| Offensive Accumulations | |
| Hairdressers | 1 |
| Petrol | 138 |
| Canal Boats | 1 |
| Slaughterhouses | 96 |
| Rats and Mice | 109 |
| Infectious Diseases | 174 |
| Atmospheric Pollution | 122 |
| 7,144 | |
Table XIII
| HOUSING—GENERAL | ||
| Statistics | ||
| Housing Act, 1936—Overcrowding:— | ||
| (a) | (1) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year | 79 |
| (2) Number of families dwelling therein | "3 | |
| (3) Number of persons dwelling therein | 444 | |
| (b) | Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year | 33 |
| (c) | (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year | 37 |
| (2) Number of persons concerned in such cases | 160 | |
| (d) | Particulars of any case in which dwelling-houses have again become overcrowded after the local authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding | |
| M | Any other particulars with respect to overcrowding conditions upon which the Medical Officer of Health may consider it desirable to report... | _ |