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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
Wandsworth 1919
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1919
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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[ TABLE XXVI.
DETAILS OF INSPECTIONS AND RE-INSPECTIONS, 1919. (Female Inspectors.)
| Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of complaints received and attended to | 26 | - | 25 |
| Number of premises inspected on account of:- | |||
| Puerperal Fever | - | 2 | 2 |
| Measles | - | 19 | 19 |
| Whooping Cough | - | 10 | 10 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | 7 | 7 |
| Diarrhoea | - | 8 | 8 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis (1) | 1,993 | 242 | 2,235 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 579 | 34 | 613 |
| Notification of Births | - | 162 | 162 |
| Dressmakers' and Milliners' premises | 384 | 42 | 426 |
| Laundries— | |||
| Factory | 118 | 15 | 133 |
| Workshop | 136 | 61 | 197 |
| Workplaces | 76 | 13 | 89 |
| Other Factories | 110 | 4 | 114 |
| Other Work:hops | 113 | 11 | 124 |
| Other Workplaces | 122 | 11 | 133 |
| Domestic Workshops | 55 | 2 | 57 |
| Outworkers' premises .... | 409 | 50 | 459 |
| Other | 507 | 22 | 529 |
| Totals | 4,628 | 715 | 5,343 |