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Camberwell 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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RETURN OF WORK PERFORMED IN THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT DURING THE 52 WEEKS ENDING DECEMBER, 1907.
Description of Work.
Inspectors.
Pointon.
Eagle.
Collins.
Heath.
Kerslake.
Morley.
Dewey.
Malins.
Totals.
Homer.
Farmer.
Miss Bevan.
Scudamore.
87
102
74
115
Complaints
72
52
83
86
76
68
39
5
859
89
107
175
91
Inspections arising from complaints
208
145
235
334
110
244
84
5
1,827
770
291
578
-
House to house inspections
369
155
348
381
429
400
4,832
550
561
2
-
-
414
60
42
-
29
49
706
Tenement houses inspected
-
110
-
-
-
-
-
1,025
Houses let in lodgings inspected
-
-
-
-
-
23
998
4
2
7
New buildings inspected
78
44
6
132
19
195
2
17
9
-
511
17
-
68
123
107
764
2
539
26
6
Visits to new buildings
194
2,044
3,890
-
29
39
5
17
-
8
1
5
-
133
No. of inspections of slaughterhouses
20
9
57
57
38
100
31
-
633
Do. do. bakehouses
45
83
32
48
109
33
10
4
-
Do. do. cowhouses and dairies
25
60
4
77
12
10
27
34
-
263
107
Do. do. milk shops
157
76
198
47
152
149
102
264
113
-
1,437
72
63
21
37
26
54
50
30
23
19
467
Do. do. ice cream shops
53
91
-
XXV
12
41
5
3
1
31
2
32
-
-
-
1
128
Do. do. railway stations
Do. do. workshops
117
74
253
35
155
173
62
99
126
616
1,879
106
63
44
90
32
-
4
77
80
1
Do. do. urinals, public
-
51
25
51
455
486
170
105
207
350
382
524
194
3,095
Do. do. do. private
368
207
102
-
35
Do. do. schools, L.C.C.
73
30
31
17
23
72
79
33
9
-
462
60
44
3
43
9
7
18
40
43
39
295
Do. do. do. private
17
27
5
49
11
2
4
-
2
14
20
6
79
Do. do. laundries
1
-
188
3
12
1
88
1
9
7
6
28
17
18
1
191
Do. do. re overcrowding
Do. do. eating houses
33
25
-
21
17
31
-
8
22
96
287
18
16
2
74
22
-
6
1
-
46
-
21
172
Do. do. factories
-
-
1
1,138
1
-
1,151
Do. do. re outworkers
11
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
224
60
320
413
Miscellaneous
121
133
26
74
315
814
151
1,055
3,706
2,707
3,908
Re-inspections
3,281
3,658
3,056
3,268
2,689
3,430
120
34,900
2,783
3,251
2,749
170
130
150
362
212
368
135
167
119
71
2,282
No. of infected houses
209
189
142
97
119
72
146
77
76
88
Do. do. re-visited
40
109
81
3
1,050
173
60
108
112
1,425
145
222
86
212
67
74
-
Measles
166
265
411
367
430
552
279
216
346
435
543
33
4,133
Intimations served under P.H. Act
256
93
65
61
122
70
10
818
Statutory notices under P.H. Act
82
134
53
42
3
83
-
-
-
-
122
Notiecs re houses let in lodgings
-
-
-
-
-
11
111
-
2
1
7
1
2
5
Summonses under the P.H. Act
2
5
2
10
-
39
2
6,952
6,167
6,465
5,143
7,291
6,575
6,421
5,390
6,537
7,046
3,347
Totals
6,027
73,361
RETURN OF WORK PERFORMED IN THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT DURING THE 52 WEEKS ENDING DECEMBER, 1907.
| Description of Work. | Inspectors. | Totals. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointon. | Eagle. | Scudamore. | Collins. | Heath. | Kerslake. | Morley. | Homer. | Farmer. | Dewey. | Malins. | Miss Bevan. | ||
| Complaints | 72 | 87 | 102 | 52 | 83 | 86 | 74 | 115 | 76 | 68 | 39 | 5 | 859 |
| Inspections arising from complaints | 208 | 145 | 235 | 334 | 89 | 107 | 110 | 175 | 244 | 84 | 91 | 5 | 1,827 |
| House to house inspections | 550 | 561 | 369 | 155 | 770 | 348 | 381 | 429 | 291 | 400 | 578 | – | 4,832 |
| Tenement houses inspected | 2 | – | – | – | 414 | 60 | 42 | – | 29 | 110 | 49 | – | 706 |
| Houses let in lodgings inspected | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 998 | – | 1,025 |
| New buildings inspected | 78 | 44 | 6 | 132 | 2 | 19 | 195 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 7 | – | 511 |
| Visits to new buildings | 194 | 68 | 123 | 2,044 | 17 | 107 | 764 | 2 | 539 | 26 | 6 | – | 3,890 |
| No. of inspections of slaughterhouses | 20 | 29 | 9 | 39 | 5 | 17 | – | 8 | 1 | 5 | – | – | 133 |
| Do. do. bakehouses | 57 | 45 | 57 | 83 | 32 | 48 | 38 | 109 | 100 | 33 | 31 | – | 633 |
| Do. do. cowhouses and dairies | 25 | 60 | 4 | 77 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 34 | – | – | 263 |
| Do. do. milk shops | 157 | 76 | 198 | 47 | 152 | 149 | 102 | 264 | 72 | 113 | 107 | – | 1,437 |
| Do. do. ice cream shops | 63 | 21 | 53 | 37 | 26 | 54 | 50 | 91 | 30 | 23 | 19 | – | 467 |
| Do. do. railway stations | 31 | 2 | 12 | 32 | – | – | 41 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 128 |
| Do. do. workshops | 117 | 74 | 253 | 35 | 155 | 106 | 63 | 173 | 62 | 99 | 126 | 616 | 1,879 |
| Do. do. urinals, public | 90 | 32 | – | – | 4 | 51 | 25 | 51 | 77 | 44 | 80 | 1 | 455 |
| Do. do. do. private | 170 | 368 | 207 | 105 | 207 | 350 | 486 | 382 | 524 | 102 | 194 | – | 3,095 |
| Do. do. schools, L.C.C. | 60 | 73 | 30 | 31 | 17 | 23 | 35 | 72 | 79 | 33 | 9 | – | 462 |
| Do. do. do. private | 44 | 17 | 3 | 43 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 40 | 5 | 43 | 39 | 295 |
| Do. do. laundries | 49 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | – | 2 | 14 | 20 | 6 | – | 79 | 188 |
| Do. do. re overcrowding | 88 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 191 |
| Do. do. eating houses | 33 | 18 | 25 | – | 21 | 16 | 17 | 31 | – | 8 | 22 | 96 | 287 |
| Do. do. factories | 22 | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | – | 46 | – | 2 | 21 | 74 | 172 |
| Do. do. re outworkers | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1,138 | 1,151 |
| Miscellaneous | 224 | 121 | 133 | 26 | 74 | 315 | 60 | 814 | 151 | 320 | 413 | 1,055 | 3,706 |
| Re-inspections | 3,281 | 3,658 | 2,783 | 3,056 | 2,707 | 3,268 | 3,251 | 2,749 | 3,908 | 2,689 | 3,430 | 120 | 34,900 |
| No. of infected houses | 170 | 130 | 209 | 150 | 362 | 212 | 189 | 368 | 135 | 167 | 119 | 71 | 2,282 |
| Do. do. re-visited | 142 | 40 | 109 | 97 | 119 | 81 | 72 | 146 | 77 | 76 | 88 | 3 | 1,050 |
| Measles | 166 | 173 | 145 | 60 | 222 | 108 | 86 | 212 | 112 | 67 | 74 | – | 1,425 |
| Intimations served under P.H. Act | 367 | 430 | 256 | 552 | 411 | 279 | 216 | 346 | 435 | 543 | 33 | 4,133 | 265 |
| Statutory notices under P.H. Act | 82 | 134 | 53 | 93 | 65 | 61 | 3 | 83 | 122 | 70 | 10 | 818 | 42 |
| Notiecs re houses let in lodgings | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 111 | – | 122 |
| Summonses under the P.H. Act | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | – | 39 |
| Totals | 6,575 | 6,421 | 5,390 | 6,952 | 6,167 | 6,027 | 6,465 | 6,537 | 7,046 | 5,143 | 7,291 | 3,347 | 73,361 |