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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

Wandsworth 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 175

Table: TABLE XC.DETAILS OF INSPECTIONS AND RE-INSPECTIONS, 1914 (Male inspectors,)

TABLE XC.

DETAILS OF INSPECTIONS AND RE-INSPECTIONS, 1914 (Male inspectors,)

inspectionsRe-inspec-tions.Totals.
Number of complaints received and attended to2,529...2,529
Number of house-to-house inspections2,396...2,396
Drainage and other sanitary works after notice4,00211,98415,986
Drainage and other sanitary works voluntary7679101,677
Number of premises inspected on account of:—
Notifiable diseases3.6563253,981
Measles6215626
Whooping Cough866...866
Pulmonary Tuberculosis51...51
Other infective Diseases65434688
Verminous conditions58467651
Periodical inspections:—
Houses-let-in-Lodgings3367091,045
Underground rooms18523
Common Lodging Houses17...17
Food-places Work-placesFactories38861449
Workshops941991,040
Workshops (Domestic)26547312
Workplaces23583318
Outworkers' premises14815163
Bakehouses399193592
Restaurant kitchens26565330
Cowsheds43245
Piggeries73...73
Dairies and Milkshops77211783
ice Cream Premises46269531
Slaughterhouses366...366
Places where food is prepared89...89
Offensive trades91...91
Fried Fish shops18713200
Rag and bone stores14613159
Butchers' shops4491450
Greengrocers' shops5761577
Fishmongers' shops3335338
Public House urinals47638514
Other sanitary conveniences, schools, &c.1691170
Smoke observations331...331
Unsound food33...33
Yards of Mews and Stables1,476951,571
Legal proceedings:—
(1) Applications and summonses9...9
(2) Hearings and adjournments10...10
Other2,592232,615
Totals27,82114,87442,695