London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: Summary of Work of Sanitary Inspectors.

Summary of Work of Sanitary Inspectors.

Houses visited in connection with Infectious Diseases2955
Houses, Factories, and any other premises visited in connection with smallpox502
Visits to Factories178
„ Workshops202
„ Outworkers255
„ Bakehouses206
„ Dairies377
„ Common Lodging Houses24
„ Houses Let in Lodgings114
„ Cellar Dwellings, Underground Rooms, etc9
„ Slaughterhouses7
„ Fish Friers76
„ Knackers' Yards3
„ Cafe and Restaurant Kitchens, etc., P.H.A. 1925139
„ Ice Cream Makers or Dealers, W.H.C.A.57
„ Other Food Purveyors5518
Visits re Burial Act 1857, Section 25, Exhumation of
Human Remains3
„ Private Houses to investigate complaints5476
„ Offensive Trades500
„ Other Noxious Trades43
„ Canal Boats—
„ Imported Food (Labelling) Order, 1921176
„ Drainage Inspections7959
„ Rats and Mice Destruction Act317
„ Increase of Rent Restriction, etc., Acts6
„ Bye-Laws—Tents, Vans, Sheds58
Houses Inspected under the Housing Act, 19301955
Other Houses Inspected2162
Smoke Observations—half-hour17
Visits to Factories re Smoke31
„ „ Steam Whistles Act, 18722
Visits to Places of Public Amusement, Theatres, Music Halls, Cinemas, etc.91
Other Visits1729
Re-inspections37086
Total Visits68155