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Southwark 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 58
Summary of Original Inspections, &c., made in the several Wards during the year 1922.
| 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) | 779 | 27 | 2611 | 460 | ... | 1138 | 455 | 193 | 645 | 229 | 51 | 6.7 | 15.5 |
| St. Paul (Mr. Bradshaw) | 861 | 19 | 2710 | 587 | 17 | 1504 | 366 | 111 | 421 | 166 | 48 | 6.9 | 16.3 |
| St. Peter (Mr. Banham) | 633 | 9 | 2261 | 534 | 1 | 744 | 344 | 132 | 670 | 137 | 93 | 5.7 | 13.1 |
| St. John (Mr. Grist and Mr. Pickard) | 1098 | 47 | 2553 | 498 | 13 | 896 | 493 | 246 | 614 | 235 | 173 | 8.1 | 14.8 |
| Trinity (Mr. Findley) | 767 | 31 | 3030 | 525 | 2 | 1149 | 348 | 108 | 965 | 261 | 371 | 6.6 | 19.2 |
| All Saints (Mr. Steele) | 905 | 20 | 2879 | 439 | 7 | 1356 | 421 | 157 | 761 | 84 | 97 | 6.4 | 17.7 |
| St. Michael (Mr. Jenkinson) | 505 | 78 | 1147 | 919 | 104 | 2783 | 350 | 233 | 247 | 302 | 210 | 7.2 | 15.3 |
| St. Michael (Mr. Rugg and Mr. Mayhew) | 79 | 7 | 159 | 54 | ... | 142 | 81 | 41 | 63 | ... | ... | 5.4 | 11.1 |
| St. Jude (Mr. Rugg and Mr. Mayhew) | 513 | 62 | 1197 | 390 | ... | 991 | 265 | 140 | 521 | 169 | 116 | ||
| St. George (Mr. Bowers) | 605 | 8 | 1312 | 715 | ... | 2852 | 341 | 157 | 565 | 173 | 108 | 6.4 | 16.9 |
| Christchurch No. 1 (Mr. Fisher) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Christchurch No. 2 (Mr. Goodfellow) | 255 | 40 | 943 | 706 | 1 | 1501 | 137 | 75 | 185 | 192 | 129 | 4.5 | 9.6 |
| St. Saviour No. 1 (Mr. Fisher) | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21 | 8 | ... | ... |
| St. Saviour No. 2 | 240 | 28 | 662 | 730 | ... | 1369 | 165 | 90 | 201 | 225 | 126 | 4.7 | 8.2 |
| Houses Letin Ldgs. (Miss Burrows) | 254 | ... | 866 | 614 | ... | 2502 | 111 | ... | 185 | ... | ... | 3.4 | 12.4 |
| Houses Letin Ldgs. (Miss Burrows) | 155 | ... | 512 | 263 | ... | 1263 | 50 | 13 | 122 | ... | ... | 1.6 | 6.6 |
| Women's Wkshps. (Miss Elliott) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | *1831 | 2028 | 6.4 | 7.1 |
| Bakehouses, &c. Mr. Nicholson) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2233 | ... | 7.8 | ... |
| Slaughterhouses. (Mr. Fisher) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 50 | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | 7650 | 376 | 22843 | 7435 | 145 | 20190 | 3927 | 1696 | 6165 | 6308 | 3558 | ... | ... |
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.
*389 of these were inspection) of public conveniences for women.