London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| Number of complaints received and investigated | 2,102 | |
| Dwelling-houses (house-to-house) | 13,737 | |
| Newly-infected houses | 3,759 | |
| Common lodging-houses | 154 | |
| Slaughter-houses | 233 | |
| Bakehouses | 313 | |
| Dairies | 28 | |
| Cowsheds | 77 | |
| Milkshops | 181 | |
| Retail Shops | 1834 | |
| Schools | 11 | |
| Offensive Trades | 183 | |
| Factories | 216 | |
| Workshops | 46 | |
| Laundries | 9 | |
| Miscellaneous | 3,445 | |
| Re-inspections | 42,014 | |
| Number of Notices served | On Offenders | 17 |
| „ Owners | 6,544 | |
| „ Occupiers | 126 | |
| Number of Notices complied with | By Offenders | 10 |
| „ Owners | 6,056 | |
| „ Occupiers | 89 | |
| Total Nuisances found | 26,263 | |
| „ „ abaced | 21,246 | |
| Samples taken (Sale of Food and Drug Acts) | 1,219 | |
| Summonses attended (Sale of Food and Drug Acts) | 76 | |
| „ „ (Public Health Acts) | 36 | |
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