London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wood Green 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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The information given in this section is a brief record of the activity of the Sanitary Inspectors during the year.
| Inspections:— | ||
| Inspection of dwelling-houses:— | ||
| Initial inspections under the Public Health Acts | 696 | |
| Re-inspections | 1,010 | |
| Complaints investigated Inspections under the Housing (Consolidated) Regulations, | 193 | |
| 1925 | 555 | |
| Inspections under the Housing Acts | 390 | |
| Re-inspections | 1,634 | |
| Inspections of houses-let-in-lodgings | 6 | |
| Re-inspections | 113 | |
| Total | 4,597 | |
| Inspections under the Rent Restrictions Act | 25 | |
| Grand Total | 4,622 | |
| Enquiries in connection with Infectious Diseases:— | ||
| Smallpox | - | |
| Scarlet Fever | 14 6 | |
| Diphtheria | 93 | |
| Tuberculosis | 87 | |
| Enteric | 5 | |
| Other Diseases | 11 | |
| Total | 342 | |
| Inspections of Registered Premises:— | ||
| Factories.. | 9 | |
| Workshops | 205 | |
| Workplaces:— | ||
| Butcher shops | 1,028 | |
| Dairies | 221 | |
| Fried fish shops | 290 | |
| Other workplaces | 19 | |
| 1,558 | ||
| Slaughterhouses | 251 | |
| Out-workers | 121 | |
| Total | 2,144 | |