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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 1906
[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 2,450
Dwelling-houses (house-to-house) 13,226
Newly-infected houses 4,413
Common lodging-houses 186
Slaughter-houses 198
Bakehouses 248
Dairies 53
Cowsheds 59
Milkshops 214
Retail Shops 883
Schools 8
Offensive Trades 128
Factories 177
Workshops 47
Laundries 20
Miscellaneous 2,825
Re-inspections 41,894
Number of Notices served
On Offenders 8
„ Owners 6,573
„ Occupiers 103
Number of Notices complied with
By Offenders 2
„ Owners 6,094
„ Occupiers 52
Total Nuisances found 26,464
„ „ abated 20,609
Samples taken (Sale of Food and Drug Acts) 1,060
Summonses attended (Sale of Food and Drug Acts) 69
„ „ (Public Health Acts) 38