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 1923
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1923
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Assistant Medical Officer of Health (Maternity and Child
Welfare)—Miss Isobel M. MacLullich, M.D. (to 30th
September 1923).
Inspector Billing died at the end of 1923 of pneumonia, following
influenza. He had long been ill with diabetes but with
careful dieting had been able to perform his duties for the
Borough. In Mr. Billing the Council lost a most zealous official
and reliable officer, honoured alike by the staff and by the meat
traders for his high conception of his duty and responsibility, and
for the precision and extent of his knowledge of meat inspection
and of the meat trade.
The following table gives statistics relating to the inspection of canal boats for the last 5 years.
| Year. | Boats Inspected | Persons found on boats. | Totals. | Registered for | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men. | Women. | Children. | ||||
| 1919 | 56 | 92 | 39 | 60 | 191 | 213 |
| 1920 | 90 | 165 | 48 | 79 | 292 | 351 |
| 1921 | 82 | 137 | 57 | 75 | 269 | 317 |
| 1922 | 68 | 117 | 45 | 44 | 206 | 251 |
| 1923 | 77 | 171 | 28 | 43 | 242 | 279 |