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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
West Ham 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| No. of Complaints Received and Investigated | 5,340 |
| No. of Inspections- Dwelling Houses | 11,358 9,930 82 |
| Newly-infected Houses | |
| Common Lodging Houses | |
| Slaughter-houses | 3,282 292 |
| Bakehouses | |
| Dairies | 124 |
| Cowsheds | 43 |
| Milkshops | 118 |
| Retail Shops (e.g., Eel-pie Shops, Ice Cream Shops, etc.) | 3,514 1 |
| Schools | |
| Canal Boats | _ |
| Offensive Trades | 238 |
| Factories (including Food Factories) Workshops | 692 283 |
| Laundries | 14 |
| Miscellaneous (e.g., Smoke Abatement, Offensive Accumulations, Stables, etc.) | 3,749 |
| Re-inspections | 42,349 |
| Number of Notices served— On Offender | 10 |
| On Owner | *8,314 237 2 |
| On Occupier | |
| Number of Notices complied with— By Offender | |
| By Owner | *8,338 184 |
| By Occupier | |
| Total Nuisances found | 46,508 45,787 |
| Total Nuisances abated |
*Apparent discrepancies caused by a large number of notices not being
complied with at the end of previous year. There would normally be about
1.000 notices not fully complied with at any date during the year, rather more
in winter than in summer.