Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1909
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TABLE VII. Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1909.
| Sanitary Districts. | No. of Complaints made by Inhabitants, &c. | No. of Inspections of Houses, Premises, &c. | No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c. | Results of Inspection. | House Drains. | Water Closets | Dust Receptacles. | Water Supply. | Miscellaneous | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Written Intimations of Nuisance served.* | Notices served by order of the Public Health Committee. | Notices served under the Lodging-House By-laws | Final Notices (signed by Medical Officer) served. | Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c. | Houses disinfected after infectious disease. | Reconstructed, Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | Ventilated, Trapped, &c. | Repaired. | Supplied with Water. | Soil-pipes ventilated. | New provided. | Repaired, Covered, &c. | Cisterns erected. | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, &c. | Waste-pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished. | No. of Lodging Houses newly Registered under 94th Section of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.† | Yards and Areas paved and drained. | Animals removed, being improperly kept. | Bakehouses, No. of. | Bakehouses, No. of Inspections of. | Dairies, Milkshops, No of. | Dairies, Milkshops, No. of Inspections of. | Mews, No. of Inspections of. | Legal proceedings, i.e., Summonses. | ||||
| No. I. District | 84 | 2,249 | 1,042 | 326 | 50 | 185 | 10 | 262 | 107 | 54 | 8 | 221 | 7 | — | 59 | 45 | 1 | 51 | — | 3 | 56 | 4 | 7 | 84 | 40 | 266 | 1040 | — |
| No. II. „ | 69 | 2,240 | 1,065 | 292 | 74 | 230 | 47 | 377 | 81 | 208 | — | 32 | 186 | 1 | 75 | 7 | 9 | 61 | — | — | 51 | 2 | 8 | 73 | 32 | 187 | 751 | 7 |
| No. III. „ | 36 | 2,269 | 894 | 275 | 77 | 281 | 68 | 274 | 66 | 32 | 3 | 70 | 26 | 4 | 54 | 7 | — | 18 | — | 7 | 51 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 58 | 612 | — |
| No. IV. „ | 78 | 1,431 | 974 | 254 | 39 | 160 | 20 | 113 | 129 | 49 | 15 | 71 | 66 | — | 57 | 5 | — | 15 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 5 | 16 | 86 | 45 | 153 | 489 | — |
| No. V. „ | 68 | 1,413 | 1,060 | 231 | 41 | 73 | 8 | 126 | 107 | 19 | 6 | 72 | 81 | 2 | 18 | 5 | — | 3 | — | — | 11 | 1 | 13 | 73 | 31 | 240 | 907 | 3 |
| No. VI. „ | 60 | 1,274 | 1,282 | 201 | 59 | 64 | 10 | 48 | 71 | 71 | 27 | 77 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | — | 30 | 6 | 10 | 90 | 17 | 132 | 564 | — |
| No. VII. „ | 75 | 1,380 | 1,066 | 167 | 35 | 92 | 7 | 336 | 79 | 55 | 22 | 82 | 120 | 7 | 29 | 15 | — | 35 | — | — | 38 | — | 8 | 73 | 20 | 93 | 413 | — |
| No. VIII. „ | 71 | 1,366 | 983 | 143 | 15 | 43 | 7 | 133 | 54 | 45 | 4 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 4 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 14 | — | 8 | 105 | 17 | 216 | 835 | — |
| No. IX. „ | 70 | 1,777 | 1,143 | 381 | 54 | 126 | 12 | 188 | 121 | 56 | 12 | 105 | 77 | 4 | 41 | 25 | 6 | 68 | 4 | — | 65 | — | 15 | 38 | 29 | 147 | 702 | — |
| No. X. „ | 44 | 1,211 | 1,201 | 135 | 33 | 38 | 3 | 78 | 63 | 50 | 10 | 67 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 7 | — | 8 | — | — | 24 | — | 7 | 44 | 19 | 82 | 653 | 1 |
| 655 | 16,610 | 10,701 | 2,405 | 477 | 1,292 | 192 | 1,935 | 878 | 639 | 107 | 835 | 595 | 26 | 374 | 121 | 20 | 268 | 6 | 20 | 365 | 22 | 97 | 694 | 283 | 1574 | 6966 | 11 | |
• Under the provisions of sec. 3 Public Health (London) Act, 1891. t The total number of houses on the Register in December. 1909, was 2,076.