Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1905 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Inspector Bennett. | Inspector Clark. | Inspector Larard. | Inspector Lovibond | Whole Borough. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Complaints | 79 | 77 | 84 | 15 | 255 | |
Inspections. | 'Infectious Diseases | 113 | 115 | 83 | 268 | 579 |
Dwelling Houses | 186 | 364 | 189 | 427 | 1,166 | |
Lodging Houses | 377 | 292 | 430 | 366 | 1,465 | |
Common Lodging Houses | 77 | 32 | 85 | — | 194 | |
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops | 359 | 330 | 463 | — | 1,152 | |
Ice Creams — Manufacture or Storage | 47 | 10 | 178 | — | 245 | |
Slaughter-houses | — | 26 | — | — | 26 | |
Market Streets | 325 | 58 | 312 | 10 | 705 | |
Butchers' Shops | 276 | 63 | 228 | 2 | 569 | |
Bakehouses | 82 | 97 | 55 | — | 234 | |
Laundries | 4 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 56 | |
Other Food Shops | 234 | 117 | 272 | 147 | 770 | |
Other Workshops | 179 | 102 | 164 | 215 | 660 | |
Out-Workers' Rooms and Registers | 16 | 40 | 82 | 172 | 310 | |
Workplaces | 32 | 52 | 45 | 13 | 142 | |
Factories | 14 | 3 | 66 | 20 | 103 | |
Schools | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | |
Smoke shafts | 115 | 40 | 103 | — | 258 | |
Urinals | 15 | 77 | 27 | — | 119 | |
Miscellaneous | 162 | 101 | 303 | 7 | 573 | |
Periodical Inspections | 476 | 1,171 | 961 | — | 2,6081 | |
Dust | 107 | 656 | 31 | 5 | 799 | |
Total Inspections | 3,197 | 3,751 | 4,092 | 1,697 | 12,737 | |
No. of Re-Inspections | 1,537 | 1,847 | 820 | 1,302 | 5,506 | |
Visits other than Inspections and Re-Inspections | 553 | 906 | 798 | 756 | 3,013 | |
Total | 5,287 | 6,504 | 5,710 | 3,755 | 21,256 |
* The majority of these are weekly inspections of Registered Lodging Houses.