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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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The following is a tabular statement of the work carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors' Sections:-
| Houses Inspected following Infectious Disease | - |
| Vlsits to Factories (Mechanically Operated) | 980 |
| " Factories (Without Mechanical Power) | 99 |
| " Workshops | 3 |
| " Workplaces | 77 |
| " Bakehouses | 150 |
| " Dairies | 51 |
| " Offices (as workplaces), P.H.A., 1936 | 1 |
| " Outworkers | 1 |
| " Common Lodging Houses | - |
| " Houses Let in Lodgings | - |
| "Cellar Dwellings, Underground Rooms, etc. | 15 |
| "Slaughter Houses | 106 |
| "Scheduled Offensive Trades | 182 |
| Fish Fryers | 250 |
| "Other Noxious Trades | 69 |
| "Knackers1 Yards | |
| " Registered Hairdressers and Barbers, W.H.C.A., Sec.49 | 41 |
| " " Premises wherein Food is manufactured, W.H.C.A., Sec.67 | 120 |
| " " occupied by Vendors of Food, W.H.C.A., Sec.66 | 960 |
| " Cafe and Restaurant Kitchens, etc., P.H.A., 1925 | 56 |
| Ice Cream Makers or Dealers, W0H.C.A., Sec.66, and P.H.A. | 558 |
| " Other Food Purveyors | 1422 |
| Burial Act, 1857, Sec.25, Exhumation of Human Remains | 6 |
| Visits to Shops (Shops Act, 1934) | 46 |
| " Canal Boats | - |
| Visits re Overcrowding Provisions of Housing Acts | 556 |
| Drainage Inspections | |
| House to House Inspections under Public Health or Housing Acts | 1113 |
| Visits under Rats and Mice Destruction Act | 436 |
| " " Increase of Rent Restriction, etc., Acts | 166 |
| " " Bye-laws - Tents, Vans, Sheds | 15 |
| Visits to Private Houses to Investigate Complaints | 8364 |
| Houses Inspected under the Housing Act, 1936, re Closing and Demolition Orders or Reconstructions or re Schedules of Evidence | 93 |
| Smoke Observations | 56 |
| Visits to Factories re Smoke | 48 |
| " " re Steam Whistles Act, 1872 | |
| " Places of Public Amusement, Theatres, Music Halls, Cinemas, etc. (Ministry of Health Circular 120 of 1920) | 31 |
| Visits to Licensed Premises | 119 |
| Other Visits | 2197 |
| Re-inspections | 26604 |
| Total Visits | 48872 |
| Samples taken under Rag Flock Act | 1 |
| Samples of Domestic Water Supplies taken for Analysis or Bacteriological Examination | 1 |
| No. of Notices Served | 8007 |
| Warning Letters sent re matters not dealt with by Notice | 34 |
| Defective Houses dealt with | - |
| Other Defective or Insanitary Conditions dealt with | 13 |
| Drain Tests carried out | 189 |
| Certificates granted under Rent Restriction, etc., Acts | 175 |