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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Statistical Table.
For the period from 1st January to 31st December, 1950.
| Houses Inspected following Infectious Disease | 923 |
| Visits to Factories (Mechanically Operated) | 1050 |
| Factories (Without Me chanical Power) | 181 |
| Squatter Camps | 162 |
| Workplaces | 309 |
| Bakehouses | 291 |
| Dairies | 160 |
| Offices (as workplaces), P.H.A., 1936 | 31 |
| Outworkers | 900 |
| Investigations re food poisoning | 12 |
| Ice cream sampling for bacteriological examination | 127 |
| Cellar Dwellings, Underground Rooms, etc. | 7 |
| 120 | |
| Scheduled Offensive Trades | 194 |
| Fish Fryers | 388 |
| Other Noxious Trades | 104 |
| Mosquito control - Streams, Wells, Ditches, etc. | 168 |
| Registered Hairdressers and Barbers, W.H.C.A., Sec.49 | 245 |
| Premises wherein Food is manufactured, W.H.C.A., Sec.67 | 522 |
| M " occupied by Vendors of Food, W.H.C.A., Sec.66 | 1138 |
| Cafe and Restaurant Kitchens, Food & Drugs Acts, 1938 | 911 |
| Ice Cream Makers or Dealers, W.H.C.A., Sec.66, and P.H.A. | 741 |
| Other Food Purveyors | 3643 |
| Shops (Shops Act, 1934) | 1465 |
| Advisory visits under Town & Country Planning | 150 |
| Visits re Overcrowding Provisions of Housing Acts | 580 |
| Drainage Inspections | 5415 |
| House to House Inspections under Public Health or Housing Acts | 154 |
| Yisits under Prevention of damage by pest Act | 468 |
| Increase of Rent Restriction, etc., Acts | 56 |
| Bye-laws - Tents, Vans, Sheds, Caravans | 45 |
| to Private Houses to Investigate Complaints | 8394 |
| Houses Inspected under the Housing Act, 1936, re Closing and Demolition Orders or Reconstructions or re Schedules of Evidence | 104 |
| Smoke Observations | 140 |
| Visits to Factories re Smoke | 56 |
| " re Steam Whistles Act, 1872 | |
| Places of Public Amusement, Theatres, Music Halls, Cinemas, etc., (Ministry of Health Circular 120 of I92O) | 12 |
| Licensed Premises | 141 |
| Other Visits | 508 |
| Re-inspections | 28395 |
| Total Visits | 58420 |
| Samples taken of Food | 3 |
| Ice Cream | 127 |
| Samples taken under Rag Flock Act | 5 |
| Samples of Domestic Water Supplies taken for Analysis or Bacteriological Examination | 1 |
| No. of Notices Served | 8461 |
| Warning Letters sent re matters not dealt with by Notice | 14 |
| Defective Houses dealt with | 8137 |
| Other Defective or Insanitary Conditions dealt with | 131 |
| Drain Tests carried out | 2650 |
| Certificates granted under Rent Restrictions, etc., Acts | 66 |
| No. of Notices complied with - (1) By Owner | 5887 |
| " " " - (2) By Occupier | 127 |
| Summonses issued | 473 |