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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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| Description of Work. | Sanitary Districts. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Hlth. Vis. | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. | No. 6 | No. 6 | Total | ||
| Inspection of Houses- | ||||||||
| Number inspected on complaint | 27 | 42 | 20 | 14 | 44 | 147 | ||
| ,, ,, for special inquiry | 29 | 15 | 63 | 8 | 27 | 154 | ||
| ,, ,, from house to house | 45 | 5 | 5 | 55 | ||||
| „ „ „ „ Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890) | ||||||||
| Re-inspection of Houses- | ||||||||
| Number re-inspected | 25 | 72 | 20 | 12 | 20 | 149 | ||
| Number of visits to premises where works of amendment are in operation | 545 | 550 | 120 | 116 | 542 | 1873 | ||
| Number of Birth Enquiries | 230 | 230 | ||||||
| ,, Infantile Death Enquiries | 58 | 58 | ||||||
| Cases of Infectious disease visited | 232 | 232 | ||||||
| „ ,, „ re-visited | 68 | 68 | ||||||
| „ „ ,, removed | 169 | |||||||
| Number of rooms disinfected | 269 | 269 | ||||||
| Cases of Non-notifiable diseases visited | 562 | 562 | ||||||
| ,, ,, ,, re-visited | 199 | 199 | ||||||
| Miscellaneous Visits | ||||||||
| Number of rooms disinfected after | Consumption | 21 | 21 | |||||
| Cancer | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Vermin | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Inspection of Mews, Stables, etc. | 16 | r7 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 62 | ||
| „ of Dairies, Milkshops, etc. | 15 | 21 | 17 | 23 | 76 | |||
| ,, of Canal Boats | 19 | 19 | ||||||
| ,, of Slaughterhouses | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |||
| ,, of Miscellaneous matters | 12 | 27 | 25 | 10 | 74 | |||
| Observations and Inspections re Smoke Nuisance | 3 | 21 | 8 | 32 | ||||
| Nuisances abated- | ||||||||
| Number of new drains constructed | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 21 | ||
| ,, drains amended .. | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 28 | ||
| ,, tested and examined | 26 | 3° | 16 | 15 | 27 | 114 | ||
| ,, nuisances of various descriptions abated | 71 | 85 | 51 | 25 | 65 | 297 | ||
| Sanitary notices issued | 61 | 129 | 40 | 37 | 61 | 328 | ||
| Statutory ,, „ | 19 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 53 | ||
| ,, ,, „ under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890 | ||||||||
| Number of letters received | 786 | |||||||
| written | 591 | |||||||
| Number of Summonses issued | ||||||||