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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 4th Quarter, ending Dec. 31st, 1907
| Sanitary Districts. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description of Work. | Lady Hlth. Vis. | No. 2 | No.3 | No.4 | No.5 | No. 6 | Total | |
| Inspection of Houses- | ||||||||
| Number inspected on complaint | 14 | 31 | 41 | 33 | 29 | 42 | 190 | |
| „ ,, for special inquiry | 1 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 23 | |||
| „ „ from house to house | 26 | 4° | 6 | 72 | ||||
| „ „ „ (Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890) | ||||||||
| Re-inspection of Houses- | ||||||||
| Number re-inspected | 10 | 34 | 59 | 16 | "9 | |||
| Number of visits to premises where works of amendment are in operation | 495 | 639 | 154 | 154 | 679 | 2121 | ||
| Number of Birth Enquiries | 179 | 179 | ||||||
| ,, Infantile Death Enquiries | no | no | ||||||
| Cases of Infectious disease visited | 332 | 332 | ||||||
| „ ,, „ re-visited | 148 | 148 | ||||||
| ,, ,, ,, removed | 244 | 244 | ||||||
| Number of rooms disinfected | 343 | 343 | ||||||
| Cases of Non-notifiable diseases visited | 1124 | 1124 | ||||||
| „ ,, „ re-visited Miscellaneous Visits | 244 16 | 244 16 | ||||||
| Number of rooms disinfected after | Consumption | 14 | '4 | |||||
| Cancer | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Other Disease | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Inspection of Mews, Stables, etc. | 14 | 8 | ii | 19 | 52 | |||
| ,, of Dairies, Milkshops, etc. | 24 | 27 | 16 | 24 | 36 | 127 | ||
| ,, of Canal Boats | ||||||||
| ,, of Slaughterhouses | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |||
| ,, of Miscellaneous subjects | 5 | 74 | 3° | 21 | 130 | |||
| Observations and Inspections re Smoke Nuisance | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Nuisances abated- | ||||||||
| Number of new drains constructed | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 25 | ||
| ,, drains amended | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 33 | ||
| ,, tested and examined | 29 | 21 | 17 | 31 | 14 | 112 | ||
| ,, nuisances of various descriptions abated | 63 | 74 | 103 | 51 | 53 | 344 | ||
| Sanitary notices issued | 42 | 148 | 61 | 5° | 54 | 355 | ||
| Statutory ,, ,, | 33 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 81 | ||
| „ ,, „ under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890 | ||||||||
| Number of letters received | 781 | |||||||
| written | 64I | |||||||
| Number of Summonses issued | 1 | I | ||||||