Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 | 3,639 |
Houses, Housing and Rent Acts, 1936-1957 | 897 |
Overcrowding | 258 |
Disinfestation | 110 |
Clean Air Act, 1956 | 1,708 |
Smoke Observations | 124 |
Moveable Dwellings | 32 |
Shops Act, 1950 | 48 |
Food Shops | 329 |
Fried Fish | 26 |
Cafes, etc. | 215 |
Factories (Mechanical) | 127 |
Factories (Non-Mechanical) | 10 |
Outworkers | 22 |
Food Factories | 109 |
Bakehouses | 27 |
Dairies and Milkshops, Farms | 13 |
Water Sampling | 17 |
Ice-Cream Sampling | 194 |
Other Foods Sampling | 48 |
Schools | 5 |
Infectious Diseases | 384 |
Stables and Piggeries | 1 |
Markets—Saturday and General | 67 |
Pet Animals Act, 1951 | 5 |
Rats and Mice | 195 |
Slaughterhouses | 20 |
8,630 |
Table XIII
Housing Act, 1936—Overcrowding: | |
(a) (1) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year | 48 |
(2) Number of families dwelling therein | 64 |
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein | 266 |
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year | 25 |
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year | 40 |
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases | 229 |
(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 | - |