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 West Ham]
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36
Shops Acts.
The Shops Acts are carried out under the supervision of
the Medical Officer of Health, and the following table shows
the work performed in connection therewith : —
Visited. | No half-holiday form exhibited. | Warned Verbally | Warning Notice sent | Refused to serve. | Summonses attended. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bakers | 97 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 20 | .. |
Boot-repairers, etc. | 109 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 28 | .. |
Butchers | 196 | 31 | 32 | 8 | 59 | .. |
Caterers | 52 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Carpets and Rugs | 36 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. |
Chemists and Druggists | 63 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. |
China and Glassware | 80 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 1 |
Clothieis | 131 | 4 | 6 | .. | 16 | |
Confectionery and Tobacco | 730 | 29 | 111 | 74 | 283 | 30 |
Corn Merchants | 43 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Cycle Dealers | 55 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Drapers, Millineis and Mantle Dealers | 447 | 37 | 48 | 8 | 67 | 1 |
Fishmongers | 78 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | . . |
Fruiterers and Greengrocers | 370 | 13 | 46 | 11 | 111 | 5 |
Furniture Dealers | 63 | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | . . |
Furriers | 14 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Grocers and General | 786 | 43 | 93 | 53 | 229 | 8 |
Hairdressers and Barbers | 403 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 11 | . . |
Hosiers and Hatteis | 94 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | . . |
Ironmongers | 43 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . |
leather and Grindery | 37 | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . |
Mixed | 309 | 18 | 41 | 4 | 75 | . . |
Music | 44 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . |
Picture Frames | 33 | . . | . . | 2 | . . | . . |
Public Houses | 127 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 60 | . . |
Tailors | 107 | 1 | 4 | . . | 6 | . . |
Toy and Fancy Goods | 98 | . . | 4 | 1 | 13 | . . |
Watchmakers, Jewellers&Pawnbrokers | 55 | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | . . |
Wireless | 39 | . . | 2 | 1 | 4 | . . |
Totals | 4,739 | 243 | 481 | 194 | 1,012 | 45 |
For results of Police Court Proceedings, see page 40.