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Camberwell 1894

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.

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Table XIII. D. sets forth the number of samples of
food and drugs submitted by the inspectors to the Analyst,
and the number of summonses which have been taken out
under the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act.
During the year (see Table XIV.) the following
notifications of diseases were made: —l6 of small-pox
against 140 in the previous year, 946 cases of scarlet fever
against 1,886 in the previous year, 740 cases of diphtheria
against 526 in the previous year and 312 in the year before
that, 336 cases of erysipelas against 440 in the previous
year, 129 cases of typhoid fever against 138 in the previous
year, 1 case of typhus (which we had good reason for
regarding as a case of typhoid fever) and 15 cases of puerperal
fever against 23 in the previous year. Also 2 cases were
notified as relapsing or continued fever, and none as cases
of English cholera.
To the above paragraph it may be added that 2,185
cases were notified to the Metropolitan Asylums Board, that
1,913 notifications of infectious diseases, and 1,169 of disinfection
after infectious diseases, were made to schools, and
that 3,719 notices were served on the occupiers of houses,
making the total number of notices served 9,986.
As regards other clerical work, 9,140 letters were
received and 11,657 sent out.
The total number of cases notified to us was 2,185
against 3,166 in the previous year, 2,307 in 1892 and 1,212
in 1891. The only increase as against last year is the
notification of diphtheria.

Table: TABLE XIII. RETURN OF WORK PERFORMED IN THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT FORM THE 1ST JANUARY, 1894, TO THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1894, BOTH INCLUSIVE. PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.

TABLE XIII. RETURN OF WORK PERFORMED IN THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT FORM THE 1ST JANUARY, 1894, TO THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1894, BOTH INCLUSIVE. PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.

TABLE A. Description of Work.Inspectors.
Stevenson.Groom.Pointon.Dewey.Eagle.Chadderton.Shapley.ScudamoreCollins.Heath.Kerslake.Morley.Homer.Farmer.Total.
House to House Inspections82593610539569181202748716786844920899965107512843
Complaints8890102128148727510486967630168561319
Inspections arising from do1382001146727019922917493668778177731965
Bakehouses30113269213969423830166580461
Cowhouses3523448135828802793600361
Slaughterhouses2041431014191352000550213
Laundries792928211129262143182181
Infectious Cases20919412411019116212825010117515373230852185
Schools, Board67449624122191819320550370
„ Private24125100918925415200169
Workshops781013662872420272390215
Sanitary Conveniences, Public Urinals, &c.8563685515020301121460310445
Do. do. Private do.3601361501731802111601781402092572215302329
New Buildings1045992212121910193112010250479
Stations inspected004742210097020000209
Miscellaneous inspections013040048030041400140
Intimations served under the P.H. Act4193543583275954483323463015627175124153075993
Notices served under the P.H. Act1510775975668489714214291131651053
Summonses taken out under the P.H. Act28311031649331425110
Total Primary Inspections230922392380208725442479206821571969224353817332506178831040
Re-Inspection of Works in hand4427433542194194424450194093424839946122506936024415510863089
„ Infectious Diseases1981952341102915647834614512805
Total Re-Inspections4625435442714197428551214184430440416205511536164466511063894
TABLE B.
Partial Re-construction of Old Drains under Vestry regulations602952172518291848462631895493
Drainage of New Buildings and total Re-construction of Drains, &c., of Old Houses29816625017125073451531592589146142182120