Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1919
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Table No. 7.
DUTIES AND PREMISES. | Male Inspectors. | Temporary Women Inspectors. | Total. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | |
DISTRICT INSPECTORS. Infectious Diseases—Inquiry, removal, disinfection, etc. | r . 30 | 7 | 3396 | 5 | 3426 | 12 |
Subsequent sanitary inspection, etc. | 487 | 351 | 1147 | 559 | 1634 | 910 |
Complaints | 2825 | 8309 | 8 | — | 2833 | 8309 |
Drainage—Under notice. Plans, supervision, etc. | 200 | 2039 | — | 200 | 2039 | |
Voluntary | 1500 | 2910 | — | — | 1500 | 2910 |
New Buildings | 109 | 199 | — | — | 109 | I99 |
Drain Tests | 22 | — | — | — | 22 | — |
Yards of Mews and Stables | 3881 | 29 | — | — | 3881 | 59 |
Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909: 17 (1).— First Inspections | 505 | 1045 | — | — | 505 | 1045 |
Subsequent routine Inspections | 1424 | 43'2 | — | — | 1424 | 4312 |
Inspections of registered tenement houses other than above | 240 | 743 | — | — | 240 | 743 |
Other house-to-house Inspections | I | 5 | — | — | 1 | 5 |
Visits to closed underground rooms | 8 | — | — | — | 8 | — |
Smoke Shafts observed | 79 | — | — | — | 79 | — |
Regulated Trades. Offensive Trades | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Rag and Bone dealers | 5 | — | — | — | 5 | — |
Other effluvia businesses | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Inspections of Market Streets | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Other Duties | 1856 | 20 | — | — | 1856 | 20 |
Food Control | 5199 | 4 | — | — | 5199 | 4 |
Totals | 18372 | 19973 | 455 | 564 | 22923 | 20537 |
FACTORY & WORKSHOP (MALE) INSPECTOR. Factories | 270 | 363 | — | — | 270 | 363 |
Laundries—Factories | — | _ | — | — | — | — |
Workshops | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Bakehouses—Factories | 72 | 92 | — | — | 72 | 92 |
Workshops | 278 | 191 | — | — | 278 | 191 |
Restaurant Kitchens | 141 | 149 | — | — | 141 | 149 |
Other Workshops | 438 | 594 | — | — | 438 | 594 |
Other Workplaces | 26 | 47 | — | — | 26 | 47 |
Other Duties | 41 | 2 | — | — | 41 | 2 |
Food Control | 696 | 1 | — | — | 696 | 1 |
Totals | 1963 | 1439 | — | — | 1963 | 1439 |