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Southwark 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 65.
Summary of Original Inspections, &c., made in the several Wards during the year 1910.
| Ward or District. | Complaints. Including houses in which deaths have occurred.) | House to House. | Notifiable Infectious Diseases. | Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. | Number of Original Inspections made daily. | Number of Reinspections made daily. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Inspections made. | Number of drains tested. | Number of Reinspections made. | Number of Inspections made. | Number of drains tested. | Number of Reinspections made. | Number of Inspections made. | Number of drains tested. | Number of Reinspections made. | Number of Inspections made. | Number of Reinspections made. | |||
| St. Mary (Mr. Rugg) | 1398 | 20 | 1614 | 463 | 14 | 1644 | 133 | 133 | 243 | 182 | 245 | 7.5 | 13.0 |
| St. Paul /Messrs. Fisher and\ Bradshaw | 1076 | 153 | 2202 | 535 | 30 | 970 | 116 | 116 | 122 | 224 | 389 | 6.8 | 12.8 |
| St. Peter (Mr. Nicholson) | 1063 | 48 | 2523 | 141 | 2 | 370 | 124 | 124 | 152 | 215 | 519 | 5.3 | 12.4 |
| St. John (Mr. Grist) | 1878 | 38 | 2976 | 239 | 20 | 1014 | 145 | 145 | 88 | 135 | 140 | 8.3 | 14.6 |
| Trinity (Mr. Howes) | 1199 | 19 | 2355 | 1092 | 4 | 2301 | 108 | 108 | 132 | 211 | 494 | 9.7 | 195 |
| All Saints (Messrs. Gogdfellow, Grist and Nicholson) | 1513 | 237 | 2785 | 479 | 288 | 1247 | 109 | 109 | 102 | 106 | 215 | 7.7 | 15.1 |
| St. Michael (Mr. Jenkinson) | 1419 | 321 | 1908 | 924 | 477 | 2070 | 155 | 155 | 191 | 298 | 333 | 9.7 | 15.6 |
| St. Michael (Miss Elliott) | 288 | ... | 632 | 421 | ... | 1142 | 9 | 9 | 5 | ... | ... | 2.5 | 6.2 |
| St. Jude (Messrs. Weatheritt and Goodfellow) | 790 | 261 | 1623 | 346 | 166 | 727 | 68 | 68 | 121 | 174 | 152 | 4.8 | 91 |
| St. George (Mr. Bowers) | 1578 | 39 | 2047 | 1003 | 10 | 2214 | 138 | 138 | 109 | 256 | 297 | 10.3 | 16.2 |
| Christchurch No. 1 (messrs. Robinson and Fisher) | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 8 | ... | ... |
| Christchurch No. 2 (Mr. Sweeney) | 886 | 596 | 2411 | 99 | 94 | 361 | 63 | 63 | 171 | 207 | 423 | 4.3* | 11.7* |
| St. Saviour No. 1 (Messrs. Robinson and Fisher) | 24 | ... | 59 | ... | ... | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 39 | ... | ... |
| St. Saviour No. 2 (Mr. Sweeney) | 1050 | 618 | 1409 | 237 | 233 | 523 | 62 | 62 | 103 | 244 | 467 | 5.6* | 8.7* |
| West District (Miss Blackwell | 1233 | ... | 2042 | 862 | ... | 3827 | 23 | 23 | 44 | ... | ... | 73 | 18.8 |
| East District (Miss Burrows) | 1162 | ... | 2462 | 888 | ... | 4262 | 15 | 15 | 44 | ... | 7.2 | 23.5 | |
| Women's Wkshps. (Miss Elliott) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 852 | 1194 | 3.0 | 41 |
| Bakehouses, &c (Mr. David) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1943 | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | 16557 | 2350 | 29051 | 7729 | 1338 | 22182 | 1269 | 1269 | 1628 | 5066 | 4915 | ... | ... |
Messrs. Robinson and Fisher supervised the wharves and landing places in the Borough, and also the Borough Market, making a large number of inspections
during the year in relation to the food dealt with at those places.
*These numbers added together (9.9 inspections and 20.4 reinspections) are Mr. Sweeney's daily figures.