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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
Willesden 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Summary of Principal Items of Work for Year ending December 31st, 1907.
Tablk No. 55.
| Description of Work | Quarter. | Tota 1907 | ||||
| 1st. | 2nd | 3rd. | 4tb. | |||
| Inspection of Houses- Number inspected on complaint | 185 | 219 | 147 | 190 | 741 | |
| „ ,, for special inquiry | 133 | 91 | 154 | 23 | 401 | |
| „ „ from house to house | 140 | 197 | 55 | 72 | 464 | |
| (Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890) | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | |
| Re-Inspection of Houses- Number re-inspected | 112 | 94 | 149 | 119 | 474 | |
| Number of visits to premises wh«re works of amendment are in operation | 2347 | 2625 | 1873 | 2121 | 8,966 | |
| Number of Birth Enquiries | 340 | 292 | 230 | 179 | 1,041 | |
| Infantile Death Enquiries | 172 | 110 | 58 | 110 | 450 | |
| Cases of Infectious disease visited | 267 | 186 | 232 | 33'^ | 1,017 | |
| „ „ re-visited .. | 183 | 73 | 68 | 148 | 472 | |
| ,, ,, removed .. | 213 | 124 | 169 | 244 | 750 | |
| Number of rooms disinfected | 271 | 222 | 269 | 34:1 | 1,105 | |
| Cases of Non-notifiable diseases visited | 1410 | 1583 | 562 | 1124 | 4,679 | |
| „ ,, „ re-visited | 246 | 454 | 199 | 244 | 1.143 | |
| Miscellaneous Visits | 7 | - | - | 16 | 23 | |
| Number of rooms disinfected after | | Consumption .. | 17 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 71 |
| Cancer | - | 2 | 9 | 4 | 15 | |
| [Other Disease . | 7 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | |
| Inspection of Mews, Stables, etc. | 62 | 80 | 62 | 52 | 256 | |
| ,, of Dairies, Milkshops, etc... | 69 | 8" | 76 | 127 | 352 | |
| ,, of Canal Boats | 17 | 12 | 19 | - | 48 | |
| ,, of Slaughterhouses | 11 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 34 | |
| Visits re Miscellaneous subjects | 292 | 146 | 74 | 130 | 642 | |
| Observations and Inspections re Smoke Nuisance .. | - | 0 | 32 | 3 | 40 | |
| Nuisances abated- Number of new drains constructed | 22 | 19 | 21 | 25 | 87 | |
| ,, drains amended .. | 47 | 62 | 28 | 33 | 170 | |
| ,, tested and examined | 139 | 107 | 114 | 112 | 472 | |
| ,, nuisances of various descriptions abated | 297 | 415 | •297 | 344 | 1,353 | |
| Sanitary notices issued | 269 | 301 | 328 | 355 | 1,253 | |
| Statutory „ ,, | 46 | 115 | 53 | 81 | 295 | |
| „ „ „ under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890 .. | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | 3 | |
| Number of letters received | 907 | 838 | 786 | 781 | 3,312 | |
| „ „ written | 684 | 626 | 591 | 641 | 2,542 | |
| Number of Summonses issued | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | |
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