Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]
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GENERAL SANITARY WORK.
The work of the male Sanitary Inspectors is epitomised and subjoined.
Harringay Ward (Mr. Redston) | West Green Ward (Mr. West) | St. Ann's Ward (Mr. Smith) | High Cross Ward (Mr. Portman) | Middle Ward (Mr. Miller) | Lower Ward (Mr. Shillito) | |
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House-to-house inspections | 89 | 130 | 103 | 62 | 24 | 165 |
Re-inspections | 1461 | 1789 | 1426 | 1440 | 1493 | 1472 |
Drains examined, tested, etc. | 145 | 97 | 214 | 62 | 256 | 258 |
Drains unstopped | 31 | 36 | 20 | 12 | 29 | 129 |
Drains reconstructed and repaired | 27 | 27 | 58 | 10 | 42 | 61 |
Disconnecting traps inserted | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 13 |
Soil pipes and drains ventilated | .. | 12 | 64 | 6 | 27 | 32 |
R.W. pipes, wastes, etc., disconctd. | 4 | 9 | 40 | 5 | 41 | 44 |
Dustbins provided | 69 | 79 | 66 | 25 | 68 | 81 |
Roofs repaired | 141 | 59 | 96 | 21 | 41 | 116 |
Gutters repaired and renewed | 152 | 39 | 86 | 7 | 16 | 96 |
Cisterns cleaned, repaired, etc. | 25 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 35 |
W.C. new apparatus provided | 33 | .. | 18 | 6 | 25 | 31 |
W.C. repaired, cleaned, etc. | 42 | 19 | 52 | 4 | 20 | 23 |
W.C. water fittings repaired | 59 | 37 | 30 | 15 | 21 | 45 |
Yards paved and drained | 31 | 36 | 20 | 7 | 68 | 48 |
Premises cleaned, etc. | 269 | 193 | 252 | 56 | 220 | 228 |
Ventilation below floor provided | 17 | .. | 62 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Smoke observations | 7 | .. | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 |
Overcrowding | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 12 |
Accumulations of refuse | 35 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
Visits in connection with cases of infectious disease (including Tuberculosis) | 450 | 578 | 880 | 324 | 531 | 650 |
Rooms inspected after disinfection | 227 | 165 | 325 | 436 | 265 | 209 |
Other inspections, etc. | 89 | 211 | 256 | 94 | 120 | 132 |
Factories, No. of inspections | 25 | 62 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 35 |
Workshops and workplaces „ | 56 | 100 | 30 | 12 | 26 | 80 |
Laundries „ | 12 | 23 | 10 | .. | 10 | 4 |
Dairies, etc. „ | 123 | 74 | 41 | 9 | 34 | 33 |
Cowsheds „ | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Bakehouses „ | 32 | 32 | 23 | 15 | 55 | 34 |
P.H. urinals „ | 147 | 73 | 69 | 67 | 82 | 74 |
Stables and mews ,, | 126 | 93 | 58 | 3 | 64 | 24 |
Complaints investigated „ | 145 | 85 | 415 | 316 | 133 | 208 |
Appointments | 31 | 190 | 239 | 71 | 56 | 172 |
School inspections | 10 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
Pawnbrokers | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Common lodging houses | .. | .. | .. | 10 | .. | 36 |
Slaughterhouses | .. | 146 | 34 | 45 | .. | 52 |
Knackers yards | .. | .. | .. | 14 | .. | .. |
Brooks and watercourses | 3 | .. | 39 | 7 | 50 | .. |
Butchers' shops | 186 | 102 | 42 | 81 | 86 | 61 |
Fishmongers' shops | 188 | 40 | 30 | 27 | 61 | 46 |
Fruiterers' shops | 162 | 16 | 20 | 28 | 47 | 41 |
Ice cream premises | 15 | .. | 13 | 2 | .. | 15 |