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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Summary of Work of Sanitary Inspectors.
No. of Complaints Received and Investigated 6983
No. of Inspections—
Dwelling Houses 11776
Newly-infected Houses 2803
Common Lodging Houses 72
Slaughter Houses 124
Bakehouses 252
Dairies 934
Cowsheds 22
Retail Shops (e.g., Eel Pie Shops, Ice Cream Shops,
Butchers, Grocers, Fish Shops, etc. 10206
Schools 184
Cooked Food Premises (Cafes and Restaurant
Kitchens, etc. 282
Offensive Trades 185
Factories (including Food Factories) 408
Workshops 238
Laundries 80
Work Places (not included above) 443
Miscellaneous (e.g., Smoke Abatement, Offensive
Accumulations, Drain Tests, etc.) 24762
Outworkers' Visits 737
Re-inspections 36891
No. of Notices served—
On Offender 8
On Owner *8332
On Occupier 149
No. of Notices complied with—
By Offender 1
By Owner *8518
By Occupier 56
Total Nuisances found 42988
Total Nuisances abated 44109
*Apparent discrepancies caused by a number of notices
not being complied with at the end of previous year. There would
normally be a number of notices not fully complied with at any
date during the year.
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