[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough].

  • Hammersmith (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1943?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    14 SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH. Inspections.—Tho following table shows the number of visits made in each district under the various inspection heads:— NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS MADE DURING 1942. Cause of Inspection. Inspectors. W. A. Collins P. T. Bayes E. J. Nether F. Q. Barry J. R. Bally J. E. Broadhead J. C. Hopkins G. W Herrick H. W. Potter W. Rigby W. J. Godden Miss E. M Cross Total Infectious Disease 20 82 71 25 100 45 188 109 17 8 _ 3,023 3.688 Complaints 277 729 479 293 601 188 565 334 233 93 18 193 4.003 House to House — — — — — — 26 — — — — — 26 Housing Acts 2 9 6 3 27 — 1 — 1 — — — 49 Food 80 139 297 232 85 38 118 70 26 14 822 — 1,921 Restaurants 26 94 59 30 8 21 48 24 9 3 15 — 337 Markets 6 12 147 16 17 37 40 139 106 — 233 — 753 Bakehouses 8 36 49 12 17 10 11 18 3 13 7 — 184 Milk Vendors 6 13 22 11 19 — 21 6 — 18 201 — 317 Ice Cream Vendors — — — — — — — — — 8 — 8 Factories (Mechanical) 22 62 50 35 18 5 106 162 — 21 — 67 548 Factories (Non-mechanical) 5 21 3 14 2 2 39 7 — 2 — 25 120 Outworkers 2 16 6 1 1 1 — 1 3 — — 92 123 Public Urinals 24 77 61 31 119 4 16 39 3 — — 3 377 Drainage 89 287 282 284 90 48 180 193 101 64 — — 1,618 Miscellaneous 140 290 559 135 283 126 255 179 31 80 464 24 2,566 Re-visits 720 1,625 1,551 567 2,152 578 1,145 469 703 168 — 51 9,729 Shops Act 26 75 8 18 29 9 54 22 4 106 — — 351 Pharmacy and Poisons — 17 24 1 4 11 — — 23 4 — — 84 Common Lodging Houses — — — — — — — — — — 2 — 2 War Damage 88 63 397 120 123 42 52 28 130 289 — — 1,332 Air Raid Shelters 5 21 45 13 34 — 16 12 31 10 — — 187 Food Poisoning — — — — — — 24 — — — — — 24 Smoke Observations — 1 — — — — — — — — — — 1 Child Life Protection — — — — — — — — — — — 87 87 Cancer — — — — — — — — — — — 4 4 Total 1,546 3,669 4,116 1,841 3,729 1,165 2,905 1,812 1.424 893 1,770 3,569 28,439