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St Pancras 1896

Report by the Medical Officer of Health upon bye-laws for houses let in lodgings or tenement-houses

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Table No. 7.

Visits, etc., made by Women Inspectors during1916.

DUTIES,First Visits.Re-Visits.
Miss Bibby,Miss SmithMiss Giles.* Miss Payne.Whole Borough.Miss Bibby.Miss Smith.Miss Giles.* Miss Payne.Whole Borough.
Births visited—268118—386—22448—272
Other visits re births where admission not obtained—21919—238——3—3
Visits re verminous persons—37—1350—5—510
Other ,, where admission not obtained——————————
Visits re Ophthalmia Neonatorum—361—37—573—60
Visits re Puerperal Fever—181—19—41—5
Visits re other cases of illness, &c.7299281150112818—17647—223
Visits re Tuberculosis notifications5—381—386——122—122
Other „ „ where admission not obtained42383—110——7—7
For other purposes ,, ,, ,. ,,—506151 16——9312
Visits to Hospitals and other voluntary institutions24440094—738—————
Factories2———2—————
Domestic Workshops——————————
Home Workplaces6———6—————
Laundries——————————
Restaurant Kitchens——————————
Other Workshops1———1—————
Other Workplaces2———3—————
Other Visits, Inspections and Committees22561220—506—1——1
Total121820402128295415—4672408715

* Miss Payne also carried out 132 District Inspections (sse Table 5, on page 67).