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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 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]

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Table: Table XIISanitary Inspections—Classification of Visits

Table XII

Sanitary Inspections—Classification of Visits

Houses, Public Health Act, 19363,639
Houses, Housing and Rent Acts, 1936-1957897
Overcrowding258
Disinfestation110
Clean Air Act, 19561,708
Smoke Observations124
Moveable Dwellings32
Shops Act, 195048
Food Shops329
Fried Fish26
Cafes, etc.215
Factories (Mechanical)127
Factories (Non-Mechanical)10
Outworkers22
Food Factories109
Bakehouses27
Dairies and Milkshops, Farms13
Water Sampling17
Ice-Cream Sampling194
Other Foods Sampling48
Schools5
Infectious Diseases384
Stables and Piggeries1
Markets—Saturday and General67
Pet Animals Act, 19515
Rats and Mice195
Slaughterhouses20
8,630

Table: Table XIII HOUSING—GENERALStatistics

Table XIII HOUSING—GENERAL

Statistics

Housing Act, 1936—Overcrowding:
(a) (1) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year48
(2) Number of families dwelling therein64
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein266
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year25
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year40
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases229
(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-