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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Smoke Observations—half-hour 99
Visitors to Factories, re Smoke 22
Visits to re Steam Whistles Act, 1872 —
Visits to Places of Public Amusement, Theatres, Music
Halls, Cinemas, Etc. 1ll
Other Visits 649
Re-Inspections 22913
Total Visits 50091
Samples purchased under Rag Flock Acts 16
Samples of Domestic Water Supplies taken for Analysis or
Bacteriological Examination —
Total Notices served 6036
Warning Letters sent re matters not dealt with by Notice 45
Defective Houses dealt with 6794
Other Defective or Insanitary Conditions dealt with 16
Drain Tests carried out 278
Certificates granted under the Rent Restriction, &c., Acts 19
No. of Notices complied with—(1) By Owner 6011
,, ,, ,, ,, —(2) By Occupier 9
Summonses issued 861
The following table shows the number of Inspections and Sanitary Notices served in sixteen Wards of the Borough during the year 1936. (These figures do not include inspections for the purpose of testing drainage or supervising works incidental thereto.):—
Ward | Inspections | Notices served |
---|---|---|
Beckton Road | 493 | 482 |
Bemersyde | 257 | 160 |
Broadway | 689 | 458 |
Canning Town and Grange | 707 | 659 |
Custom House and Silvertown | 545 | 443 |
Forest Gate | 348 | 285 |
High Street | 495 | 473 |
Hudsons | 411 | 290 |
New Town | 539 | 476 |
Ordnance | 430 | 366 |
252 | 223 | |
Plaistow | 547 | 480 |
Plashet Road | 216 | 202 |
Tidal Basin | 642 | 545 |
Upton | 188 | 174 |
West Ham | 335 | 320 |
Total | 7094 | 6036 |
In this connection 825 summonses have been issued during
the year.
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