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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Houses Inspected under the Housing Acts, 1930 and 1935 2054
Other Houses inspected 2270
Visits to Places of Public Amusement, Music Halls,
Cinemas, Etc. 99
Visits to Factories re Smoke 42
Other Visits 1128
Re-Inspections to supervise works 32258
Samples purchased under Rag Flock Acts 10
Samples of Domestic Water Supplies taken for Analysis or
Bacteriological Examination Nil
Total Notices served (P.H. 7531)
(H.A. 265) 7796
Warning Letters sent re matters not dealt with by Notice 30
Defective Houses dealt with 8161
Other Defective or Insanitary Conditions dealt with 5
Drain Tests carried out 369
Certificates granted under the Kent, &c., Restrictions, Acts 14
No. of Notices complied with—(1) By Owner 7289
—(2) By Occupier 141
Summonses issued 809
The following table shows the number of inspections and Sanitary Notices served in respect of, in sixteen Wards of the Borough during the year 1935
Ward | Inspections | Notices served in respect of |
---|---|---|
New Town | 818 | 640 |
Forest Gate | 439 | 410 |
High Street | 629 | 519 |
Broadway | 562 | 422 |
Park | 298 | 219 |
Upton | 274 | 175 |
West Ham | 515 | 493 |
Plashet Road | 284 | 300 |
Plaistow | 743 | 656 |
Canning Town and Grange | 696 | 689 |
Ordnance | 595 | 522 |
Hudsons | 542 | 379 |
Bemersyde | 258 | 173 |
Tidal Basin | 905 | 807 |
Beckton Road | 820 | 813 |
Custom House and Silvertown | 680 | 579 |
9058 | 7796 |
In this connection 809 summonses have been issued during
the year.
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