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 Lewisham Borough]
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The following is a summary of the work carried out by the Women Sanitary Inspectors :—
Miss Jones. | Misses Stevens & Barke. | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
To Schools | 32 | 45 | 77 |
Re School Notifications | 183 | 177 | 360 |
„ Measles | 50 | 39 | 89 |
„ Measles deaths | 2 | 5 | 7 |
,, Chicken-pox | 12 | 40 | 52 |
„ Puerperal fever | 16 | 4 | 20 |
„ Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | 10 | 2 | 12 |
„ Polio-Myelitis | — | — | — |
„ Phthisis homes | 265 | 300 | 565 |
„ Phthisis deaths | 25 | 23 | 48 |
„ Birth notifications | 633 | 643 | 1276 |
„ Infant mortality | 130 | 71 | 201 |
On complaint | 13 | 26 | 39 |
To Factories | 24 | 21 | 45 |
„ Workshops | 277 | 267 | 544 |
„ Workplaces | 34 | 13 | 47 |
„ Laundries | 118 | 80 | 198 |
„ Outworkers' homes | 183 | 181 | 364 |
Re-visits and re-inspections | 304 | 179 | 483 |
Miscellaneous visits | 17 | 22 | 39 |
Total | 2328 | 2138 | 4466 |
Nuisances found | 136 | 107 | 243 |
Intimations served | 105 | 88 | 193 |
Statutory notices served | 15 | 17 | 32 |
Abstract not affixed | 22 | 13 | 35 |
Overcrowded workrooms | — | 4 | 4 |