Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1909
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TABLE 41. Report of the Work of the District Inspectors during the year 1909.
Inspection of Dwelling Houses. | Sanitary Works completed in Dwelling Houses. | To Regulate Keeping of Animals. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Drainage, &c. | Water Supply. | Dust Receptacles. | Miscellaneous. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Quarters. | No. of Complaints received. | "House-to-House." | On Complaint or after Illness. | Cellar Dwellings. | Re-inspection of all kinds. | Entire Reconstruction. | Drains Relaid, Trapped, or Ventilated. | Waste Pipes Disconnected. | Rain-water Pipes Disconnected. | W.C's., New Provided, Repaired, &c. | Soil Pipes Ventilated. | Services Separated. | Supplies Reinstated. | Cisterns, New, Provided. | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, &c. | Cistern Overflows Disconnected. | New, Provided. | Repaired, &c. | Drains Cleared, Flushed, &c. | Houses or Rooms Cleansed, Whitewashed, &c. | Cases of Overcrowding Abated. | Cellar Dwellings Closed. | Yards and Areas Paved and Drained. | Manure Receptacles Reconstructed, &c. | Accumulations Removed. | Improperly-kept Removed. |
First | 116 | 178 | 573 | - | 4,265 | 101 | 45 | 35 | 24 | 89 | 33 | 4 | 3 | _ | 25 | - | 29 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 3 | _ | 14 | _ | 13 | _ |
Second | 157 | 90 | 529 | - | 4,628 | 117 | 32 | 63 | 34 | 139 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 26 | 39 | — | - | 27 | 2 | 24 | 2 |
Third | 140 | 52 | 543 | - | 3,936 | 102 | 42 | 68 | 29 | 142 | 40 | 6 | - | 1 | 34 | — | 15 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 2 | - | 12 | 6 | 12 | — |
Fourth | 125 | 109 | 446 | - | 3,648 | 88 | 27 | 63 | 24 | 113 | 29 | 6 | 2 | - | 25 | — | 18 | 11 | 11 | 44 | 3 | — | 19 | — | 7 | 2 |
Year | 538 | 429 | 2,091 | — | 16,477 | 408 | 146 | 229 | 111 | 483 | 144 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 129 | 1 | 79 | 36 | 68 | 134 | 8 | — | 72 | 8 | 56 | 4 |