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Holborn 1903

Report for the year 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: TABLE V- Sanitary Inspectors' Work.

TABLE V- Sanitary Inspectors' Work.

Inspector Bennett.Inspector Clark.Inspector Gregory.Inspector Larard.Inspector Freeman.Inspector Lovibond (1 week).Whole Borough.
Complaints477148503–219
Inspections.Infectious Diseases1091146277161379
Dwelling Houses27351213338321–1,322
Lodging Houses44075178143232–1,068
Common Lodging Houses2559143––47
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops1532129631635–812
Ice Creams— Manufacture or Storage271414124––179
Slaughter-houses–28––––28
Market Streets1504521427237–718
Butchers' Shops174142169459–539
Bakehouses221712151–67
Other Food Shops6973469422–304
Other Workshops10311112520621839802
Out-Workers' Rooms and Registers2159918––107
Workplaces–––––––
Schools3213––9
Smoke shafts51151130––107
Urinals31091857––187
Miscellaneous8848401837–366
Periodical Inspections361448143695––1,647
Total Inspections2,0722,0291,2802,669598408,688
No.of Re-Inspections1,4632,1781,0899981,568–7,296
Visits other than Inspections and Re-Inspections5981,050354957495413,495
Total4,1335,2572,7234,6242,6618119,479
Intimation Notices Served181385193460131–1,350
Houses16436818240356–1,173
Waterclosets defective or dirty711546917318–485
insufficient714412914–87
Drains defective221827129–88
Soil pipes or waste pipes defective192824267–104
Gullies defective213486–33
Ash-bins defective484111–28
„ absence of271973–38
Water supply defective161–––8
„cistern dirty or defective101918146–67
„ fittings defective–14––––14
Yard or area paving defective73121117–77
Roof or guttering defective124026466–130
Accumulations103916262–93
Premises dirty441376711320–381
overcrowded835634––83
other defects93110924–146
Underground rooms1153–2–21
Animals improperly kept134–1–9
Smoke nuisances4139––17
Urinals1873––19
Other nuisances1–3–––4
Manure receptacles, absence of–714–1–22
† Factories and Workshops1717115775–177
Dirty17871833–83
Waterclosets, defective or dirty2743241–86
„ insufficient––421–3
„ absence of separate accommodation for sexes1–142–8
Drains, soil pipes, &c., defective251–16–24
Improperly ventilated–––––––
Overcrowded–4–11–6
Other nuisances–3––32–35
Breach of Bye-laws or Regulations— ‡ Lodging houses4244529104–206
Dairies, cowsheds, milkshops and slaughter-houses–160–2––2
Statutory Notices Served421607414715–338

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* The majority of these are weekly inspections of Registered Lodging Houses.
† Many nuisances at workshops, that are parts of dwelling houses, are included in the Intimation Notices served
under " Houses."
‡ Many breaches of bye-laws are included in Intimation Notices served under " Houses."