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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Summary of Work of Inspectors of Nuisances.
Number of complaints received and investigated 2,153
Dwelling-houses inspected (house-to-house) 10,210
Newly-infected houses inspected 1,846
Common lodging-houses „ 149
Slaughter-houses „ 72
Bakehouses „ 119
Dairies „ 10
Cowsheds 47
Milkshops „ 320
Retail Shops „ 648
Schools „ 7
Offensive Trades „ 52
Factories „ 71
Workshops „ 32
Laundries „ 19
Miscellaneous inspections 1,647
Re-inspections 46,910
On Offender 1
Number of Notices served „ Owners 7,150
„ Occupiers 159
By Offenders
Number of Notices complied with „ Owners 6,881
„ Occupiers 85
Total Nuisances found 27,926
„ „ abated 23,326
Samples taken (Sale of Food and Drugs Act 998
Unsound Food
Seized—
68 lbs. Apples
70 7-lb. tins Corned Beef
33 2-lb. tins „