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 1910
[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 2,891
Dwelling-houses (house-to-house) inspected 13,895
Newly-infected houses 2,667
Common lodging-houses 54
Slaughter-houses 470
Bakehouses 361
Dairies 41
Cowsheds 105
Milkshops 174
Retail Shops 2,120
Schools 12
Offensive Trades 234
Factories 731
Workshops 870
Laundries 59
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Miscellaneous 3,976
lie-inspections 39,834
Number of Notices served
On Offenders 8
„ Owners 6,595
„ Occupiers 112
Number of Notices complied with
By Offenders 7
„ Owners 6,523
„ Occupiers 98
Total Nuisances found 31,124
„ „ abated 27,253
Samples taken (Sale of Food and Drug Acts) 1,258
Summonses attended (Sale of Food and Drug Acts) 61
n „ (Public Health Acts) 70
M „ (Factory and Workshops Acts) 6