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

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West Ham 1945

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

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Visits to other noxious trades 122
Visits to knackers' yards 1
Visits to registered hairdressers and barbers,
W.H.C.A., Section 49 95
Visits to registered premises wherein food is manu-
tured, W.H.C.A., Section 67 479
Visits to registered premises occupied by vendors of
food, W.H.C.A., Section 66 1,812
Visits to caf6 and restaurant kitchens, etc.,
P.H.A., 1925 735
Visits to ice-cream makers or dealers,
W.H.C.A., Sec. 66, and P.H.A. 151
Visits to other food purveyors 796
Burial Act, 1857, Sec. 25, Exhumation of human
remains 1
Visits to shops (Shops Act, 1934) 1,396
Visits re overcrowding provisions of Housing Acts 57
Drainage inspections 1,984
House-to-house inspections under Public Health or
Housing Acts 17
Visits under Rats and Mice Destruction Act 1,431
Visits under Increase of Rent Restriction, etc., Acts 19
Visits under Bye-laws—tents, vans, sheds 1
Visits to private houses to investigate complaints 6,104
Houses inspected under the Housing Act, 1936, re
Closing and Demolition Orders or
Reconstructions or re Schedules of Evidence 32
Smoke observations 36
Visits to factories re smoke 18
Visits to places of public amusement, theatres, music
halls, cinemas, etc. (Ministry of Health
Circular 120 of 1920) 70
Visits to licensed premises 87
Other visits 548
Re-inspections 8,124
Total Visits 26,716
Samples taken under Rag Flock Act 2
No. of Notices served 2,919
Warning Letters sent re matters not dealt with by Notice 47
Other defective or insanitary conditions dealt with 26
Drain tests carried out 151
Certificates granted under Rent Restriction, etc., Acts
and Landlord and Tenant (War Damage Acts) 69
No. of Notices complied with—(1) by owner 1,853
No. of Notices complied with—(2) by occupier 21
Summonses issued 96
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