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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

City of London 1920

Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of London for the year 1920

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Table:

Special. Inspector Gathercole.Men Inspectors-Women Inspectors.
East District. Inspector Dun worth.West District. Inspector Robinson.West District. MissEast District. Miss Wilkinson.Totals.
SPECIAL INSPECTION WOEK— (continued).
Outworkers' Premises, Inspections (Tenancies)
Do. Initial Inspections (Workrooms)..................
Do. Periodical Inspections (Tenancies)..................
Do. Periodical Inspections (Workrooms)..................
Do. Re-inspections (Sanitary Works, &c., in hand..................
Do. Defects found..................
Do. Defects remedied..................
Offices, Inspections (Tenancies)............l1
Do. Initial Inspections (Rooms)............l1
Do. Re-inspections (Sanitary Works, &c., in hand)..................
Do. Defects found............ll
Do. Defects remedied..................
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904, Inspections of Premises after Cleansing of Children............55
Do. Do. Re-inspections (Sanitary Works, &c., in hand)............11
Do. Do. Defects found..................
Do. Do. Defects remedied...............
Children Act, 1908 (Nurse Children), Inspection of Premises............1111
Do. Do. Re-inspections (Sanitary Works, &c., in hand)...............
Do. Do. Defects found............. . ....
Do. Do. Defects remedied..................
Underground Conveniences for Women, Inspections..................
Do. Do. Re-inspections (Sanitary Works, &c., in hand)..................
Do. Do. Defects found..................
Do. Do. Defects remedied..................
Railway Stations (Ladies' Rooms), Inspections..................
Do. (Do.) Re-inspections (Sanitary Works, &c., in hand)..................
Do. (Do.) Defects found..................
Do. (Do.) Defects remedied..................
Notification of Births Act, 1907, Visits............316316
Number of attendances of Mothers at the City Shelter............736736
Special Visits............116116
OUTWORKERS.
Lists received from City Firms1,359............1,359
Names and Addresses, &c., received from other Authorities809............309
Names and Addresses transmitted to other Authorities13,102............13,102
Notices served on Employers1,736............1,736
Letters written1,517............1,517
Firms visited143............143
Workshops notified by H.M. Inspector......84......84
General complaints received6...2......8
ACTION TAKEN.
Matters referred to H.M. Inspector—
Want of Cleanliness......9......9
Want of Ventilation......2......2
Overcrowding..................
Want of Drainage of Floors..................
Failure to affix Abstract......49......49
Other Nuisances......12......12
Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector—
Notified by H.M. Inspector10...48......58
Reports sent to H.M. Inspector10...44......54
Other matters..................
Notices served—
Factories—Intimation......36......36
Statutory......16......16
Workshops—Intimation6...122......128
Statutory5...69......74
Workplaces, &c.—Intimation116............116
Statutory37............37