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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

Holborn 1911

Report for the year 1911 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: TABLE V. Sanitary Inspectors' Work.—Inspections, &c.

TABLE V. Sanitary Inspectors' Work.—Inspections, &c.

Inspector Bennett.Inspector Clark.Inspector Larard.Inspector Orange.Whole Borough.
Inspections.Infectious Diseases10912996156490
Dwelling Houses22428614096746
Lodging Houses3582452211781,002
Common Lodging Houses—2564—89
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops162212281—658
Ice Cream—Manufacture or Storage231998—140
Slaughter-house—12——12
Market Streets345703951811
Butchers' Shops570184197—951
Bakehouses609262—214
Other Food Shops363141363106973
Laundries1—269
Other Workshops15316190166570
Out-Workers' Rooms and Registers153232170249
Workplaces10855833249
Factories (excluding Bakehouses and Laundries)418361398
Schools——4—4
Smoke shafts48105—117
Urinals19315—109
Miscellaneous173271122314
Periodical Inspections11,7082,2501,852555,865
Dust †5011681—247
Mews51448—157
Maternity———600600
Total Inspections4,4734,3094,3401,55214,674
No. of Re-Inspections1,0121,5367706845,065
Do. do. Maternity———1,063
Visits other than Inspections and Re-Inspections5019329062862,814
Do. do. Maternity———189
Total5,9866,7776,0163,77422,553

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* The majority of these are weekly inspections of Registered Lodging Houses.
† A large number of inspections respecting the removal of Refuse is also made during
General and Periodical Inspections of houses.