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 1957
[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 | 3,726 |
| Houses, Housing Act, 1936-1954 | 336 |
| Overcrowding | 237 |
| Disinfestation | 85 |
| Pet Animals Act, 1951 | 11 |
| Vans, Sheds | 26 |
| Shops Act, 1950 | 62 |
| Food Shops | 519 |
| Fried Fish | 5 |
| Cafes, etc. | 315 |
| Factories (Mechanical) | 188 |
| Factories (Non-Mechanical) | 7 |
| Outworkers | 24 |
| Food Factories | 172 |
| Smoke | 95 |
| Offensive Trades | 1 |
| Bakehouses | 29 |
| Dairies | 11 |
| Water Sampling | 16 |
| Ice-Cream Sampling | 182 |
| Other Foods Sampling | 39 |
| Schools | 40 |
| Stables | 13 |
| Offensive Accumulations | - |
| Hairdressers | 1 |
| Petrol | 236 |
| Canal Boats | — |
| Slaughterhouses | 61 |
| Rats and Mice | 101 |
| Infectious Diseases | 183 |
| Atmospheric Pollution | 96 |
| Markets—Saturday and General | 131 |
| 6,948 |
Table XIII
| (a) (1) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year | 56 |
| (2) Number of families dwelling therein | 74 |
| (3) Number of persons dwelling therein | 311 |
| (b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year | 21 |
| (c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year | 44 |
| (2) Number of persons concerned in such cases | 242 |
| (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 | - |
| (e) Any other particulars with respect to overcrowding conditions upon which the Medical Officer of Health may consider it desirable to report | - |