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, 1952 to 31st December, 1952.
Investigations of cases of Notifiable Infectious Disease 896
Houses Inspected following Infectious Disease 40
Visits to Factories (Mechanically Operated) 1,247
„ Factories (Without Mechanical Power) 24l
„ Workplaces 341
„ Bakehouses 208
” Dairies 283
Offices (as workplaces) P.H.A., 1936 227
„ Outworkers l,492
„ Squatter Camps 15
Advisory visits under Town & Country Planning 9
Visits to Slaughter Houses 123
Scheduled Offensive Trades 247
„ Fish Fryers 292
„ Other Noxious Trades 54
Ice Cream Sampling 200
„ Registered Hairdressers and Barbers, W.H.C.A., Sec. 49 43
„ „ Premises wherein Food is manufactured, W.H.C.A., Sec. 67 527
„ „ „ occupied by Vendors of Food, W.H.C.A., See. 66 698
„ Cafe and Restaurant Kitchens, etc., Food & Drugs Act, 1938 1,126
„ Ice Cream Makers or Dealers, W.H.C.A., Sec. 66, and P.H.A. 1936 832
Other Food Purveyors 2,235
Burial Act, 1857, Sec. 25, Exhumation of Human Remains 3
Visits to Shops (Shops Act, 195O) 1,288
Clean Food Association visits 14
Visits re Overcrowding Provisions of Housing Acts 432
Drainage Inspections 3,751
House to House Inspections under Public Health or Housing Acts 56
Visits under Prevention of Damage by Pest Act 121
„ „ Increase of Rent Restriction, etc., Acts 24
„ „ Bye-laws - Tents, Vans, Sheds 30
„ „ Pharmacy and Poisons Act 59
Visits to Private Houses to Investigate Complaints 6,720
Houses Inspected under the Housing Act, 1936, re Closing and Demolition Orders
or Reconstructions or re Schedules of Evidence 14
Smoke Observations 117
Visits to Factories re Smoke 54
Places of Public Amusement, Theatres, Music Halls, Cinemas, etc.
(Ministry of Health Circular 120 of 192O) 59
Visits to Licensed Premises 211
Other Visits 1,057
Re-inspections 23,032
Total Visits 48,418
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