[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham] page 78

Lewisham 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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The following is a summary of the work done:—

Factory and Workshop Act.—

Miss Jones.		Miss Moynihan.	Total.
To Factories	17	23	40
„ Workshops	161	143	304
„ Workplaces	94	49	143
,, Laundries	113	69	182
„ Outworkers' homes	82	128	210
Infectious Diseases.—
To Phthisis homes	41	18	59
Re Phthisis deaths	98	67	165
,, Chicken-pox	145	76	221
„ Measles	393	311	704
,, Puerperal fever	16	1	17
,, School Notifications	325	84	409
Other Visits.—
On complaint from residents	46	11	57
To Selected homes from which births were registered	509	425	934
Investigations re Infant mortality	137	178	315
To Schools	150	91	241
Re-visits and re-inspections	414	137	551
Miscellaneous inquiries	87	189	276
Total	2828	2000	4828
Nuisances, Defects, &c.—
Abstract not affixed in workshops	13	4	17
Overcrowding of Workshops	4	4	8
Other nuisances in workshops	26	19	45
Total number of nuisances found	187	103	290
Notices, &c.—
Intimation notices served	152	49	201
Statutory notices served	23	19	42
Verbal notices complied with	35	54	89