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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 1913
[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 2,907
Dwelling-houses (house-to-house) inspected 14,785
Newly-infected houses „ 3,458
Common lodging-houses „ 64
Slaughter-houses „ 679
Bakehouses „ 244
Dairies „ 59
Cowsheds „ 101
Milkshops „ 186
Retail Shops „ 2,199
Schools „ 4
Offensive Trades „ 319
Factories „ 504
Workshops „ 89
Laundries , 13
Miscellaneous inspections 5,416
Re-inspections 41,639
Number of Notices served
On Owners 7,206
Occupiers 166
Number of Notices complied with
By Owners 7,144
Occupiers 116
Total Nuisances found 36,178
„ „ abated 33,462
Samples taken (Sale of Food and Drug Acts and including
Milk and Cream Regulations) 1,266
Summonses attended (Sale of Food and Drug Acts) 57
„ „ (Public Health Acts) 86
„ „ (Shops Act) 42