London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Finsbury 1910
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1910
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Work of the Lady Sanitary Inspector and Health Visitors.
| Work of the Lady Sanitary Inspector and Health Visitors. | Mrs. Greenwood. | Miss Tubbs. | Miss Goodlass. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Visits. | Births | 144 | 644 | 372 | ||
| Infant Deaths | 86 | 129 | 107 | |||
| Measles | 247 | — | — | |||
| Outworkers (Home-workers) | 676 | — | — | |||
| Factories | 3 | — | — | |||
| Workshops | 41 | — | — | |||
| Sundries | 194 | 197 | 196 | |||
| Re-visits. | Births | 262 | 1689 | 856 | ||
| Infant Deaths | 72 | 163 | 26 | |||
| Measles | 116 | — | — | |||
| Outworkers (Home-workers) | 460 | — | — | |||
| Factories | 2 | — | — | |||
| Workshops | 8 | — | — | |||
| 2311 | 2822 | 1557 | ||||
| Number of Notices served | 137 | |||||
| Dirty rooms stripped and cleansed | 42 | |||||
| Dirty floors and bedding cleansed | 24 | |||||
| Sanitary conveniences cleansed | 26 | |||||
| Sanitary conveniences, defects remedied | 38 | |||||
| Workshops dirty and overcrowded | 5 | |||||
| Overcrowding cases abated | 9 | |||||
| Yard walls cleansed and paving repaired | 18 | |||||
| Rooms illegally occupied | 3 | |||||
| Defective dustbins replaced | 11 | |||||
| Wash-houses cleansed | 16 | |||||
| Miscellaneous nuisances abated | 33 | |||||
| Nuisances referred to District Inspector | 42 | |||||
| Reports to Home Office— | 24 | |||||
| No abstract fixed | 6 | |||||
| Fumes from gas engine in factory | 1 | |||||
| Infringement of Truck Act | 11 | |||||
| Domestic Workshops | 5 | |||||
| Defective flooring of wash-house in factory | 1 | |||||