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
Finsbury 1913
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1913
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Work of the Sanitaty Inspectors, 1913—continued.
| Inspector Davis. | Inspector Longden. | Inspector Norman. | Inspector Jackson. | Inspector Rees. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Houses — Overcrowding cases abated | 26 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 56 |
| Registered Houses—cleansed | 219 | 129 | 119 | 165 | 202 | 834 |
| Registered Houses — Intimation (Cleansing) Notices served | 229 | 157 | 143 | 173 | 163 | 865 |
| Registered Houses — Statutory (Cleansing) Notices served | 86 | 33 | 59 | 59 | 81 | 318 |
| First visits (complaints, casual visits) | 1242 | 1386 | 1553 | 515 | 1891 | 6587 |
| Re-visits | 3431 | 2946 | 3124 | 910 | 2262 | 12673 |
| Intimation Notices served | 594 | 476 | 437 | 272 | 413 | 2192 |
| Statutory Notices served | 131 | 56 | 44 | 31 | 58 | 320 |
| Infectious disease investigations | 255 | 321 | 230 | 122 | 355 | 1283 |
| House inspections | 429 | 407 | 247 | 221 | 323 | 1627 |
| House to house inspections | 213 | 214 | 240 | 135 | 169 | 971 |
| Canal Boats inspected | 0 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 119 |
| Cowsheds—No of inspections | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| Slaughterhouses—No. of inspections | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| Slaughterhouses—No. of notices served | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Verminous tenements—No. of inspec-tions | 163 | 339 | 223 | 49 | 164 | 938 |
| Verminous tenements cleansed by Borough Council | - | - | - | - | - | 47 |
| Drains tested | 72 | 79 | 65 | 31 | 83 | 330 |
Work of Mrs. Greenwood, Lady Sanitary Inspector, 1913.