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 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: Summary of Work of Inspectors of Nuisances.

Summary of Work of Inspectors of Nuisances.

Number of complaints received and investigated2,694
Dwelling-houses (house-to-house) inspected13,514
Newly-infected houses ,,4,834
Common lodging-houses ,,63
Slaughter-houses „813
Bakehouses „291
Dairies „85
Cowsheds „97
Milkshops ,,270
Retail Shops ,,1,866
Schools „3
Offensive Trades ,,242
Factories ,,408
Workshops ,,62
Laundries ,,11
Miscellaneous inspections4,590
Re-inspections36,047
On Owners6,159
Number of Notices served „ „ Occupiers174
By Offenders2
Number of Notices complied with ,, Owners5,970
„ Occupiers104
Total Nuisances found31,238
„ „ abated26,485
Samples taken (Sale of Food and Drug Acts)1,267
„ (Rag Flock Act)6
Summonses attended (Sale of Food and Drug Acts)48
„ „ (Public Health Acts)92
,, „ (Factory and Workshops Act)32