Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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, 1951.
Houses Inspected following Infectious Disease 902
Visits to Factories (Mechanically Operated) 1,053
" " " (without Mechanical power) 269
" " Workplaces 419
" " Bakehouses 155
" " Dairies 128
" "offices (as workplaces) P.H.A. 1936 73
" " Outworkers 1,667
" " Squatter Camps 67
Advisory Visits under Town & Country Planning 49
Bacteriological Samples (canned meat) 2
Visits to Slaughter Houses 126
" 11 Scheduled Offensive Trades 189
" " Fish Fryers 237
" " Other Noxious Trades 55
" re Cases of Food Poisoning 15
11 to Registered Hairdressers and Barbers W.H.C.A, Sect. 49 34
" " Premises wherein food Is manufactured, W.H.C.A. Sect. 67 479
" " H occupied by Vendors of Food W.H.C.A. Sect. 66 951
" 11 Cafe and Restaurant Kitchens etc. Food & Drugs Act, 1938 537
" " Ice Cream Makers and Dealers W.H.C.A. Sect. 67 & P.H.A, 1936 383
n H Other Food Purveyors 2,268
Burial Act, 1857. Sec. 25 Exhumation of Human Remains 3
Visits to Shops (Shops Act, 1950) 1,444
" " take Ice Cream Samples 94
" re Overcrowding Provisions of Housing Acts 272
Drainage Inspections 5,956
Visits under Prevention .of Damage by Pest Act 248
" " Increase of Rent Restriction, etc. Acts 98
" " Bye-laws - Tents, Vans, Sheds 58
" to Private Houses to Investigate Complaints 7,069
Houses Inspected under the Housing Act, 1936, re Closing and Demolition Orders or
Reconstructions or re Schedules of Evidence for Unfitness Orders 587
Smoke Observations 101
Visits to Factories re Smoke 63
" " Places of Public Amusement, Theatres, Music Halls, Cinemas etc.
(Ministry of Health Circular 120 of 192O) 2
Visits to Licenced Premises 54
Other Visits. 1,063
Re-Inspections 23,160
Total Visits 50,630
No. of Notices served 6,754
Warning letters sent re matters not dealt with by Notice 56
Other defective or Insanitary Conditions dealt with . 72
Drain Tests Carried Out 3,879
Certificates granted under Rent Restriction, etc., Acts 22
No. of Notices complied with - (1) By Owner 4 ,400
" " " 11 11 _ jg) By Occupier 232
Summonses Issued 494
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