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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

Lewisham 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Table: WORK OF WOMEN SANITARY INSPECTORS.The following is a summary of the work carried out by the Women Sanitary Inspectors :—

WORK OF WOMEN SANITARY INSPECTORS.

The following is a summary of the work carried out by the Women Sanitary Inspectors :—

Miss Jones.Miss Barke.Total
To Schools381553
Re School Notifications234337571
„ Measles242226468
„ Measles deaths21425
„ Chicken-pox10515
„ Puerperal fever—33
,, Ophthalmia Neonatorum.41418
„ Polio-Myelitis— ..11
„ Phthisis homes190229419
„ Phthisis deaths433780
„ Birth notifications8197771596
„ Infant mortality6263125
On complaint211536
To Factories102636
„ Workshops250256
„ Workplaces382462
„ Laundries10195196
„ Outworkers' homes217191408
Re-visits and re-inspections.268193461
Miscellaneous visits323668
Total260025475147
Nuisances found15698254
Intimations served10583188
Statutory notices served142236
Abstract not affixed10717
Overcrowded workrooms213