Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1906
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Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1906. (See page 95.)
Sanitary Districts. | No. of Complaints made by Inhabitants, &c. | No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected. | No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c. | Results of Inspection. | House Drains. | Water Closets. | Dust Receptacles. | Water Supply. | Miscellaneous | |||||||||||||||||||
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Written Intimations of Nuisance served.* | Notices served by order of the Public # Health Committee. | Notices served under the Lodging-House By-laws | Final Notices (signed by Medical Officer) served. | Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c. | Houses disinfected after illness: Infectious disease.f | Reconstructed, Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | Ventilated, Trapped, &c. | Repaired. | Supplied with Water. | Soil-pipes ventilated. | New provided. | Repaired, Covered, &c. | Cisterns erected. | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, &c. | Waste-pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished. | No. of Lodging Houses newly Registered under 94th Section of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.‡ | Yards and Areas paved and drained. | Animals removed, being improperly kept. | Bakehouses, No. of. | Bakehouses, No. of Inspections of. | Dairies, Milkshops, No. of. | Dairies, Milkshops, No. of Inspections of. | Mews, No. of Inspections of. | Legal proceedings, i.e., Summonses. | ||||
No. I. District | 104 | 785 | 2,008 | 303 | 72 | 144 | 19 | 221 | 118 | 65 | 6 | 198 | 2 | — | 56 | 35 | — | 80 | — | — | 54 | 15 | 6 | 48 | 38 | 152 | 555 | 1 |
No. II. ,, | 114 | 1,146 | 2,406 | 467 | 141 | 260 | 57 | 508 | 109 | 172 | 1 | 41 | 145 | 3 | 42 | 12 | 15 | 43 | — | — | 94 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 34 | 137 | 923 | 5 |
No. III. „ | 41 | 708 | 2,619 | 300 | 64 | 242 | 23 | 297 | 93 | 63 | 11 | 89 | — | 2 | 45 | 16 | — | 39 | — | — | 51 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 41 | 85 | 344 | — |
No. IV. „ | 90 | 1,020 | 1,587 | 310 | 63 | 83 | 23 | 132 | 141 | 37 | 8 | 48 | 46 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 8 | — | — | 18 | 2 | 16 | 66 | 48 | 140 | 526 | 1 |
No. V. ,, | 67 | 973 | 1,343 | 198 | 18 | 55 | 7 | 129 | 91 | 15 | 1 | 47 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | 13 | 100 | 34 | 257 | 779 | — |
No. VI. ,, | 71 | 797 | 2,151 | 185 | 58 | 51 | 19 | 106 | 76 | 53 | 16 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 7 | — | — | 25 | 1 | 12 | 56 | 18 | 97 | 510 | — |
No. VII. „ | 86 | 920 | 1,852 | 215 | 28 | 193 | 22 | 344 | 122 | 51 | 36 | 151 | 107 | 20 | 71 | 55 | 1 | 49 | — | — | 62 | — | 7 | 63 | 24 | 57 | 260 | — |
No. VIII. „ | 97 | 935 | 1,524 | 119 | 14 | 35 | 10 | 142 | 93 | 54 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 8 | - | — | 10 | — | 8 | 53 | 17 | 74 | 864 | — |
No. IX. „ | 73 | 970 | 1,551 | 311 | 48 | 98 | 8 | 134 | 109 | 88 | 29 | 105 | 69 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 17 | 54 | — | — | 80 | — | 14 | 37 | 26 | 83 | 610 | — |
No. X. „ | 53 | 847 | 1,670 | 158 | 35 | 36 | 7 | 81 | 58 | 47 | 17 | 51 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 3 | — | 6 | — | — | 19 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 19 | 40 | 352 | 1 |
796 | 9,101 | 18,711 | 2,566 | 541 | 1,197 | 195 | 2,094 | 1,010 | 645 | 134 | 787 | 403 | 49 | 317 | 176 | 39 | 296 | — | — | 416 | 25 | 98 | 552 | 299 | 1122 | 5723 | 8 |
* Under the provisions of sec. 3 Public Health (London) Act, 1891. † Done under the supervision of a Special Officer.
‡ The total number of houses on the Register in December, 1906, in round figures, was 2,000.