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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 Disease923
Visits to Factories (Mechanically Operated)1050
Factories (Without Me chanical Power)181
Squatter Camps162
Workplaces309
Bakehouses291
Dairies160
Offices (as workplaces), P.H.A., 193631
Outworkers900
Investigations re food poisoning12
Ice cream sampling for bacteriological examination127
Cellar Dwellings, Underground Rooms, etc.7
120
Scheduled Offensive Trades194
Fish Fryers388
Other Noxious Trades104
Mosquito control - Streams, Wells, Ditches, etc.168
Registered Hairdressers and Barbers, W.H.C.A., Sec.49245
Premises wherein Food is manufactured, W.H.C.A., Sec.67522
M " occupied by Vendors of Food, W.H.C.A., Sec.661138
Cafe and Restaurant Kitchens, Food & Drugs Acts, 1938911
Ice Cream Makers or Dealers, W.H.C.A., Sec.66, and P.H.A.741
Other Food Purveyors3643
Shops (Shops Act, 1934)1465
Advisory visits under Town & Country Planning150
Visits re Overcrowding Provisions of Housing Acts580
Drainage Inspections5415
House to House Inspections under Public Health or Housing Acts154
Yisits under Prevention of damage by pest Act468
Increase of Rent Restriction, etc., Acts56
Bye-laws - Tents, Vans, Sheds, Caravans45
to Private Houses to Investigate Complaints8394
Houses Inspected under the Housing Act, 1936, re Closing and Demolition Orders or Reconstructions or re Schedules of Evidence104
Smoke Observations140
Visits to Factories re Smoke56
" re Steam Whistles Act, 1872
Places of Public Amusement, Theatres, Music Halls, Cinemas, etc., (Ministry of Health Circular 120 of I92O)12
Licensed Premises141
Other Visits508
Re-inspections28395
Total Visits58420
Samples taken of Food3
Ice Cream127
Samples taken under Rag Flock Act5
Samples of Domestic Water Supplies taken for Analysis or Bacteriological Examination1
No. of Notices Served8461
Warning Letters sent re matters not dealt with by Notice14
Defective Houses dealt with8137
Other Defective or Insanitary Conditions dealt with131
Drain Tests carried out2650
Certificates granted under Rent Restrictions, etc., Acts66
No. of Notices complied with - (1) By Owner5887
" " " - (2) By Occupier127
Summonses issued473