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 Bethnal Green Borough]
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SANITATION AND HOUSING
The following figures give a bare outline of the
work of the sanitary inspectors during the year.
The measles epidemic added substantially to the
visits of the inspectors during the year but nevertheless
the normal work was well maintained.
SANITARY SUPERVISION OF THE BOROUGH A Summary of Inspections and Visits, with Matters Outstanding, for the 53 weeks ended 2nd january, 1937.
Nature of Visit | Totals |
---|---|
Infectious Diseases (notifiable) | 861 |
Infectious Diseases (non-notifiable) | 1,261 |
Complaints | 4,864 |
House to House Inspections | 733 |
Milkshops (535) and Cowsheds (40) Inspections | 575 |
Other Food Premises Inspections (Slaughterhouses 8, Poultry 269, Others 1375) | 1,652 |
Factory (903) and Workshops (1,628) Inspections | 2.531 |
Outworkers' Homes Inspections | 717 |
Common Lodging House Inspections | 21 |
Tenement House Inspections | 264 |
Drainage Inspections | 3,866 |
Smoke Observations | 19 |
Other Inspections or Special Work | 8,195 |
Re-Inspections | 21,052 |
Total visits for the Year | 46,611 |
Unsound Food Seizures (0) or Surrenders (16) | 16 |
Samples of Food, etc., taken | 713 |
Samples of Rag Flock taken | 22 |
Police Court Attendances | 67 |
Premises where Nuisances abated | 5,759 |
Premises where Matters Outstanding | 962 |