London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Southwark 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Ward or District. | Complaints. Including houses in which deaths have occurred.) | House to House. | Principal Infectious Diseases. | Factories, Workshops Workplaces and Outworkers. | 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. Syms) | 1039 | 16 | 3021 | 685 | 3 | 2671 | 172 | 88 | 277 | 148 | 46 | 7.2 | 21.2 |
| St. Paul (Mr. Bradshaw) | 1053 | 52 | 3141 | 513 | 30 | 2013 | 180 | 103 | 154 | 110 | 125 | 6.5 | 19.1 |
| St. Peter (Mr. Nicholson) | 839 | 28 | 3056 | 511 | 13 | 2033 | 182 | 90 | 282 | 81 | 84 | 5.7 | 19.2 |
| St. John (Mr. Grist) | 1239 | 10 | 3793 | 413 | ... | 1257 | 202 | 20 | 240 | 151 | 158 | 7.1 | 19.2 |
| Trinity (Mr. Findley) | 800 | 34 | 2832 | 591 | ... | 2222 | 137 | 65 | 340 | 95 | 152 | 5.7 | 19.5 |
| All Saints (Mr. Holland) | 920 | 63 | 4306 | 822 | 7 | 3197 | 220 | 202 | 572 | 50 | 110 | 7.1 | 28.8 |
| St. Michael (Mr. Jenkinson) | 658 | 48 | 1681 | 1048 | 73 | 3117 | 173 | 134 | 234 | 220 | 219 | 7.4 | 18.5 |
| St. Michael (Mr. Rugg.) | 103 | 1 | 155 | 428 | ... | 58S | 40 | 13 | 62 | ... | ... | 2.0 | 2.8 |
| St. Jude (Mr. Rugg.) | 571 | 20 | 1640 | 479 | 2 | 1470 | 130 | 55 | 221 | 110 | 112 | 4.5 | 12.1 |
| St. George (Mr. Bowers) | 728 | 12 | 2088 | 932 | 10 | 3411 | 173 | 147 | 285 | 160 | 119 | 7.0 | 20.8 |
| Christchurch No. 1 (Mr. Fisher) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Christchurch No. 2 (Mr. Goodfellow) | 412 | 7 | 1085 | 437 | 3 | 1033 | 71 | 49 | 109 | 127 | 97 | 3.7 | 8.2 |
| St. Saviour No. 1 (Mr. Fisher) | ... | ... | 1 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| St. Saviour No. 2 (Mr. Goodfellow) | 328 | 10 | 610 | 667 | ... | 1473 | 86 | 60 | 89 | 138 | 93 | 4.3 | 8.0 |
| Houses Letin Ldgs. (Miss Chapple) | 137 | ... | 300 | 722 | ... | 1781 | 20 | 3 | 13 | ... | ... | 3.1 | 7.4 |
| Houses Letin Ldgs. (Miss Chapple) | 105 | ... | 167 | 323 | ... | 1122 | 17 | 4 | 23 | ... | ... | 1.5 | 4.6 |
| Women's Wkshps. (Miss Elliott) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | *1585 | 1897 | 5.6 | 6.7 |
| Bakehouses, &c (Mr. David) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2030 | ... | 7.1 | ... |
| Slaughterhouses . (Mr. Fisher) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 39 | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | 8932 | 301 | 27876 | 8582 | 141 | 27388 | 1803 | 1033 | 2901 | 5044 | 3212 | ... | ... |
| Mr. 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. Mr. Nicholson and Mr. Grist were employed on special work in regard to the Housing Scheme on the East Street area during the first 3 months of the year. * 382 ol these were inspections of public conveniences for women. | |||||||||||||