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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| Visits to registered hairdressers and barbers, W.H.C.A., Section 49 | 480 |
| Visits to registered premises wherein food is manutured, W.H.C.A., Section 67 | 476 |
| Visits to registered premises occupied by vendors of food, W.H.C.A., Section 66 | 1,001 |
| Visits to cafe and restaurant kitchens, etc., P.H.A., 1925 | 327 |
| Visits to ice-cream makers or dealers, W.H.C.A., Sec. 66, and P.H.A. | 356 |
| Visits to other food purveyors | 680 |
| Burial Act, 1857, Sec. 25, Exhumation of human remains | 3 |
| Visits to shops (Shops Act, 1934) | 602 |
| Visits to canal boats | — |
| Visits re overcrowding provisions of Housing Acts .... | 203 |
| Drainage inspections | 2,798 |
| House-to-house inspections under Public Health or Housing Acts | 1,121 |
| Visits under Rats and Mice Destruction Act | 1,182 |
| Visits under Increase of Rent Restriction, etc., Acts. | 122 |
| Visits under Bye-laws—tents, vans, sheds | 26 |
| Visits to private houses to investigate complaints | 9,891 |
| Houses inspected under the Housing Act, 1936, re Closing and Demolition Orders or Reconstructions or re Schedules of Evidence | 145 |
| Smoke observations | 88 |
| Visits to factories re smoke | 49 |
| Visits to factories re Steam Whistles Act, 1872 | - |
| Visits to places of public amusement, theatres, music halls, cinemas, etc. (Ministry of Health Circular 120 of 1920) | 40 |
| Visits to licensed premises | 175 |
| Other visits | 692 |
| Re-inspections | 16,714 |
| Total Visits | 41,467 |
| Samples taken under Rag Flock Act | 3 |
| Samples of domestic water supplies taken for analysis or bacteriological examination | - |
| No. of Notices served | 7,533 |