Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the public health of 1902
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Work of Sanitary Inspectors.
Inspector Elisor. | Inspector Davis. | Inspector Longden. | Inspector Norman. | Inspector Hindhaugh. | Inspector Powell. | Total. | |
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Damp, dirty, or dilapidated houses, nuisances remedied | 154 | 110 | 177 | 260 | 234 | 165 | 1100 |
Defective doors, windows, floors, ceilings, sashcords, &c., cases of Illegal occupations of kitchens, cellars, or underground rooms | 87 | 45 | 24 | 39 | 149 | 131 | 475 |
remedied | 6 | — | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 27 |
Water-closets cleansed or repaired | 153 | 188 | 265 | 119 | 154 | 243 | 1122 |
Additional water-closets provided | 11 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 74 |
Urinals cleansed or repaired | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
Detective soil-pipes and ventilating shafts repaired | 32 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 59 | 18 | 155 |
Yards drained, paved, repaired, or limewashed | 103 | 73 | 51 | 292 | 220 | 151 | 890 |
Waste and sink pipes repaired or remedied | 152 | 15 | 22 | 66 | 43 | 66 | 364 |
Water cisterns cleansed or repaired | 74 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 71 | 73 | 264 |
Accumulations of rubbish, manure, &c., removed | 31 | 50 | 17 | 31 | 14 | 29 | 172 |
Dung or dust receptacles repaired or renewed | 73 | 81 | 48 | 69 | 77 | 55 | 403 |
Defective drains cleared repaired or reconstructed | 185 | 41 | 79 | 152 | 109 | 67 | 633 |
Rain water pipes repaired, &c. | 42 | 16 | 13 | 27 | 69 | 26 | 193 |
Defective roofs and gutters repaired | 59 | 28 | 25 | 78 | 83 | 73 | 346 |
Areas paved,limewashed, or repaired | 15 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 101 | 27 | 182 |
Water supply to houses re-instated | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
Washhouses re-paved or repaired | 76 | 8 | 22 | 172 | 103 | 81 | 462 |
Bakehouses cleansed or repaired | 12 | 7 | 4 | - | 5 | 4 | 32 |
Restaurants cleansed or repaired | 29 | 51 | 44 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 166 |
Nuisances from animals abated | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 27 |
Basements cleansed or repaired | 26 | 10 | 10 | — | 55 | 4 | 105 |
Stables re-paved or repaired | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 15 | 25 |
Smoke nuisances abated | 3 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 33 |
Miscellaneous nuisances abated | 42 | 10 | 27 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 115 |
House-to-house inspections | 314 | 173 | 250 | 362 | 194 | 208 | 1501 |
First visits on complaints, &c. | 541 | 1326 | 912 | 794 | 995 | 677 | 5245 |
Re-visits | 3404 | 2931 | 3964 | 4820 | 2625 | 3547 | 21291 |
Intimation Notices served | 556 | 367 | 541 | 612 | 382 | 441 | 2899 |
Statutory Notices served | 136 | 80 | 94 | 110 | 69 | 61 | 550 |
Infectious disease investigations | 208 | 107 | 150 | 214 | 204 | 143 | 1026 |
Cases of overcrowding abated | 14 | 54 | 55 | 59 | 31 | 31 | 244 |
Canal boats inspected | - | 116 | - | - | - | - | 116 |
The above Table does not include any reference to particulars regarding the inspection of Factories and Workshops. |