Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1902 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Inspector Bennett. | Inspector Clark. | Inspector Gregory. | Inspector Larard. | Inspector Freeman. | Whol‡ Borough. | ||
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Complaints | 48 | 63 | 45 | 138 | 33 | 327 | |
inspections. | Infectious Diseases | 158 | 198 | 146 | 173 | 116 | 791 |
Dwelling Houses | 94 | 459 | 389 | 448 | 54 | 1,444 | |
Lodging Houses | 485 | 69 | 75 | 163 | 406 | 1,198 | |
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops | 46 | 47 | 43 | 49 | 23 | 208 | |
Slaughter-houses | — | 26 | 17 | 1 | — | 44 | |
Market Streets | 144 | 9 | 21 | 239 | 73 | 486 | |
Butchers' Shops | 2 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 30 | |
Bakehouses | 1 | 28 | 36 | 9 | 29 | 103 | |
Other Food Shops | 6 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 161 | 214 | |
Other Workshops | 41 | 179 | 195 | 200 | 32 | 647 | |
Smoke Shafts | 13 | 33 | 24 | 69 | 2 | 136 | |
Urinals | 7 | 99 | 16 | 11 | — | 133 | |
Miscellaneous | 44 | 127 | 57 | 234 | 20 | 500 | |
Total Inspections | 1,041 | 1.297 | 1,046 | 1,618 | 919 | 5,921 | |
No. of Re-inspections | 986 | 1,677 | 2,000 | 1,105 | 1,397 | 7,165 | |
Visits other than Inspections and Re-inspections | 605 | 978 | 552 | 1,733 | 731 | 4,599 | |
Total | 2,632 | 3,752 | 3,598 | 4 456 | 3,047 | 17,685 | |
Intimation Notices Served: | 257 | 436 | 380 | 513 | 268 | 1,854 | |
Houses:- | 238 | 378 | 359 | 475 | 215 | 1.665 | |
Waterclosets defective or dirty | 116 | 164 | 172 | 200 | 80 | 732 | |
,, insufficient | 18 | 24 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 78 | |
Drains defective | 54 | 34 | 182 | 51 | 47 | 368 | |
Soil pipes or waste pipes defective | 31 | 53 | 102 | 71 | 26 | 283 | |
Gullies defective | 2 | 13 | 6 | 28 | 12 | 61 | |
Ash-bins defective | 7 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 63 | |
„ absence of | 5 | 14 | 37 | 9 | 5 | 70 | |
Water supply defective | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |
„ cistern dirty or defective | 13 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 100 | |
„ fittings defective | 1 | 6 | — | __ | 1 | 8 | |
Yard or area paving defective | 10 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 20 | 96 | |
Roof or guttering defective | 8 | 25 | 39 | 26 | 27 | 125 | |
Accumulations | 19 | 38 | 14 | 34 | 10 | 115 | |
Premises dirty | 115 | 109 | 141 | 150 | 100 | 615 | |
„ overcrowded | 7 | 20 | 2 | 40 | 18 | 87 | |
„ other defects | 8 | 24 | 15 | 35 | 17 | 99 | |
Underground rooms | 2 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25 | |
Animals improperly kept | —- | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
Smoke nuisances | 4 | 8 | 6 | 14 | — | 27 | |
Urinals | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | — | 16 | |
Other nuisances | 8 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 63 | |
Manure Receptacles, absence of | — | 37 | 15 | — | — | 52 | |
*Workshops:— | 19 | 31 | 21 | 38 | 53 | 162 | |
Dirty | 9 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 65 | |
Waterclosets defective or dirty | 8 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 14 | 63 | |
„ insufficient | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 19 | |
Drains, soil-pipes, &c., defective | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |
Improperly ventilated | — | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | |
Overcrowded | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 27 | |
Other nuisances | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 8 | |
Breach of Regulations:- | |||||||
Dodging Houses | 6 | 29 | 9 | 1 | — | 45 | |
Dairies, Cowsheds, Milkshops, and Slaughterhouses | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Statutory Notices Served | 62 | 155 | 174 | 149 | 102 | 642 |