Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1922.

  • Hammersmith (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1923]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1922. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    16 are found in the course of inspection, but it is difficult to take action owing to the shortage of accommodation. The Housing schemes of the London County Council and Borough Council are nearly completed, but I am afraid the overcrowded conditions of the Borough still exist. Notices. —The following table shows the number of visits paid by the Inspectors and the Preliminary Notices served and complied with during the year :— Number of Inspections. Number of Notices Served. Number of Notices complied with. 3,292 Infectious Diseases 581 646 Complaints 4,189 1,940 2,080 499 13 14 Bakehouses Customs and Inland Revenue 5 5 6 Houses let in lodgings 542 188 160 House to House 1,203 472 507 441 Housing & Town Planning Act 286 209 Factories & Workshops &c. 1,710 104 106 202 - Slaughterhouses - Milk Vendors 1,813 15 16 181 Ice Cream Vendors - 1 128 Smoke 25 4 4,327 Food 40 42 Miscellaneoüs 19,848 352 396 38,380 4,021 4,187 During the year 1,281 Statutory Notices were served and 1,208 complied with. In several instances it was necessary to take proceedings in order to enforce compliance with Notices served. The following table shows he result of proceedings taken :