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Camberwell 1914
[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 JANUARY 2nd, 1915.
Inspectors.
Totals.
Description of Work.
Pointon.
Scudamore.
Farmer.
Dewey.
Collins.
Morley.
Malins.
Green.
Jones.
Eagle.
Miss
Bevan.
Nash.
123
172
169
97
71
159
144
18
84
50
15
1,218
Visits to complaints
116
6
165
10
26
132
46
207
936
House inspections following on complaints
107
176
61
-
-
312
272
83
138
2,771
House-to-house inspections
439
601
444
80
84
69
249
-
78
284
Tenement inspections
47
24
45
44
46
-
-
-
-
-
-
Houses let in lodgings inspections
5
413
30
36
484
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
38
Housing and town planning inspections
29
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
61
New buildings completed
7
1
2
27
20
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
223
222
16
2,613
Visits to new buildings
159
48
1,343
348
123
91
40
-
-
42
251
1
54
No. of inspections re overcrowding
133
4
17
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
7
23
5
93
Do. do. of slaughterhouses
5
8
9
28
-
-
-
-
57
14
22
479
Do do. bakehouses
48
36
55
21
69
91
40
26
-
36
7
4
102
Do. do. cowhouses
46
3
3
3
-
-
-
-
-
98
96
131
99
215
48
138
1,362
Do. do. milk shops and dairies
210
100
209
18
-
407
9
24
15
38
18
31
98
Do. do. eating houses
105
25
18
15
11
85
37
22
39
51
21
448
38
29
31
49
46
-
Do. do. ice cream shops
342
Do. do. railway stations
14
73
216
6
21
12
-
-
-
-
-
-
34
45
148
80
107
160
75
123
634
1,918
Do. do. workshops
158
86
268
1
4
25
31
64
89
51
134
344
Do. do. factories
5
-
-
-
88
2
41
69
11
39
9
354
Do. do. urinals, public
31
18
46
-
-
186
13
3,270
Do. do. do. private
387
347
281
326
446
196
193
206
118
571
26
297
39
28
25
8
31
Do. do. schools, public
42
19
32
30
17
-
3
4
5
14
52
208
Do. do. do. private
29
5
16
42
38
-
-
3,474
3,189
1,841
3,231
167
34,424
3,081
4,229
2,923
2,406
3,680
3,704
2,499
Re-inspections
257
1,231
181
275
112
611
550
439
509
194
4,536
Miscellaneous
114
63
227
138
122
359
2,122
Infectious cases visited and houses inspected
143
123
250
148
207
152
253
-
1,578
104
212
201
128
10
Do. do. or inquiries
204
199
163
183
174
-
-
26
366
Tuberculosis cases visited and houses inspected
13
86
4
40
17
26
49
29
29
47
-
572
Do. do. or inquiries
316
212
405
298
778
356
4,016
251
562
266
-
-
11
61
71
234
110
120
1,137
Visits to verminous premises
75
438
9
8
-
-
439
278
341
39
4,074
Intimations
386
457
359
215
319
287
405
549
63
43
67
20
870
Statutory notices
167
122
58
121
63
14
44
88
-
513
529
Notices, houses let in lodgings
10
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
5
3
7
1
30
Summonses under P. H. Act
7
1
1
-
-
-
-
9
38
Infectious disease contacts
9
12
2
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
2
Seizures of unwholesome food
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,147
1,147
Outworkers
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
160
26
11
16
17
6
Drainage plans, total reconstructions
15
18
10
17
24
-
-
27
29
8
182
Do. partial do.
11
10
4
60
11
22
-
-
-
TABLE VIII.—SUMMARY OF SANITARY WORK FOR THE 52 WEEKS ENDING JANUARY 2nd, 1915.
| Description of Work. | Pointon. | Eagle. | Scudamore. | Collins. | Morley. | Farmer. | Dewey. | Malins. | Green. | Jones. | Nash. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleanse and limewash | 179 | 225 | 156 | 10 | 88 | 112 | 203 | 590 | 449 | 73 | 189 | 2,274 |
| Repair guttering, &c. | 68 | 118 | 62 | 31 | 64 | 72 | 144 | 284 | 78 | 58 | 63 | 1,042 |
| Ventilate under floors, &c. | 8 | 70 | 42 | 15 | 83 | 92 | 53 | 57 | 28 | 28 | 15 | 491 |
| Abate overcrowding | 4 | 14 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 6 | 45 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 96 |
| Abate smoke nuisance | – | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 124 |
| Light and ventilate staircase | – | 26 | – | 1 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 67 | 3 | 15 | 155 |
| Provide, repair, or remove dustbin | 61 | 71 | 45 | 33 | 25 | 44 | 65 | 178 | 54 | 35 | 68 | 679 |
| Remove refuse or manure | 14 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 151 |
| Pave, level, or drain yard, &c. | 96 | 95 | 63 | 54 | 36 | 65 | 57 | 116 | 96 | 19 | 104 | 801 |
| Provide manure pit | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 27 |
| Provide sufficient water supply | 1 | – | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 44 |
| Provide or reconstruct receptacle (render accessible) | 2 | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | – | 4 | – | – | 19 |
| Repair, cover, or cleanse receptacles | 10 | 15 | – | 13 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 118 |
| Provide, repair, or remove closets, pans, &c. | 75 | 28 | 129 | 135 | 48 | 83 | 38 | 62 | 50 | 31 | 10 | 689 |
| Proper water supply to closet and apparatus | 26 | 71 | 17 | 137 | 27 | 43 | 56 | 108 | 27 | 26 | 15 | 553 |
| Ventilate and remove to outside soil pipes, cleanse, repair, and trap drains or sinks | 76 | 60 | 103 | 74 | 42 | 47 | 53 | 178 | 21 | 35 | 79 | 768 |
| Disconnect rainwater pipes, sinks, and other wastes | – | 5 | 11 | 64 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 19 | – | 3 | 150 |
| Empty and cleanse cesspools, or drain into sewer | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Totally reconstruct drains | 15 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 24 | – | 26 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 160 |
| Partially reconstruct drains | 11 | 10 | 4 | 60 | 11 | – | 22 | 27 | 29 | 8 | – | 182 |
| Animals to be kept clean or removed | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 45 |
| Public conveniences—cleanse, supply with water, &c. | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Private conveniences—cleanse, supply with water, &c. | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | – | 4 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 55 |
| Abate nuisance from offensive trades | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Abate nuisance from road gullies | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 15 | – | – | – | 17 |
| Miscellaneous | – | 91 | 2 | 17 | 38 | – | 44 | 142 | 44 | 43 | 30 | 451 |
RETURN OF WORK PERFORMED IN THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT DURING THE 52 WEEKS ENDING JANUARY 2nd, 1915.
| Description of Work. | Inspectors. | Totals. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointon. | Eagle. | Scudamore. | Collins. | Morley. | Farmer. | Dewey. | Malins. | Green. | Jones. | Nash. | Miss Bevan. | ||
| Visits to complaints | 116 | 172 | 169 | 97 | 71 | 159 | 144 | 18 | 84 | 50 | 123 | 15 | 1,218 |
| House inspections following on complaints | 107 | – | 176 | 61 | 6 | 165 | 10 | 26 | 132 | 46 | 207 | – | 936 |
| House-to-house inspections | 439 | 601 | 444 | 80 | 84 | 69 | 249 | 312 | 272 | 83 | 138 | – | 2,771 |
| Tenement inspections | – | – | 47 | – | 24 | 45 | 44 | 46 | – | 78 | – | – | 284 |
| Houses let in lodgings inspections | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 413 | 30 | 36 | – | – | 484 |
| Housing and town planning inspections | – | – | – | 29 | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | 38 |
| New buildings completed | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 20 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 61 |
| Visits to new buildings | 223 | 159 | 48 | 1,343 | 348 | 123 | 91 | 40 | – | 222 | 16 | – | 2,613 |
| No. of inspections re overcrowding | 133 | 4 | 17 | – | – | – | 1 | 54 | – | 42 | – | – | 251 |
| Do. do. of slaughterhouses | 5 | 8 | 9 | 28 | – | – | 8 | – | 7 | 23 | 5 | – | 93 |
| Do do. bakehouses | 48 | 36 | 55 | 21 | 69 | 91 | 40 | 26 | 57 | 14 | 22 | – | 479 |
| Do. do. cowhouses | – | 46 | 3 | 36 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 4 | – | 102 |
| Do. do. milk shops and dairies | 210 | 100 | 209 | 18 | 98 | 96 | 131 | 99 | 215 | 48 | 138 | – | 1,362 |
| Do. do. eating houses | 105 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 15 | 38 | 18 | 31 | 98 | 407 |
| Do. do. ice cream shops | 85 | 38 | 29 | 31 | 49 | 46 | 37 | 22 | 39 | 51 | 21 | – | 448 |
| Do. do. railway stations | 21 | 12 | 73 | 14 | 216 | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | 342 |
| Do. do. workshops | 158 | 86 | 268 | 34 | 45 | 148 | 80 | 107 | 160 | 75 | 123 | 634 | 1,918 |
| Do. do. factories | 5 | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 25 | 31 | 64 | 89 | 51 | 134 | 344 |
| Do. do. urinals, public | 88 | 31 | – | 2 | 18 | 41 | 46 | 69 | 11 | 39 | 9 | – | 354 |
| Do. do. do. private | 193 | 206 | 387 | 118 | 347 | 571 | 281 | 326 | 446 | 196 | 186 | 13 | 3,270 |
| Do. do. schools, public | 42 | 19 | 32 | 30 | 17 | 39 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 31 | – | 297 |
| Do. do. do. private | 29 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 5 | – | – | 14 | 52 | 208 |
| Re-inspections | 3,081 | 4,229 | 2,923 | 2,406 | 3,680 | 3,704 | 2,499 | 3,474 | 3,189 | 1,841 | 3,231 | 167 | 34,424 |
| Miscellaneous | 181 | 114 | 275 | 112 | 611 | 63 | 550 | 439 | 509 | 194 | 257 | 1,231 | 4,536 |
| Infectious cases visited and houses inspected | 143 | 123 | 250 | 148 | 207 | 152 | 227 | 138 | 253 | 122 | 359 | – | 2,122 |
| Do. do. or inquiries | 204 | 104 | 199 | 163 | 183 | 174 | 212 | 201 | – | 128 | 10 | – | 1,578 |
| Tuberculosis cases visited and houses inspected | 29 | 13 | 47 | 86 | 4 | 40 | 17 | 26 | 49 | 29 | 26 | – | 366 |
| Do. do. or inquiries | 316 | 251 | 562 | – | 266 | 212 | 405 | 298 | 778 | 356 | 572 | – | 4,016 |
| Visits to verminous premises | 75 | – | 438 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 61 | 71 | 234 | 110 | 120 | – | 1,137 |
| Intimations | 386 | 457 | 359 | 215 | 319 | 287 | 405 | 549 | 439 | 278 | 341 | 39 | 4,074 |
| Statutory notices | 63 | 167 | 122 | 44 | 88 | 58 | 43 | 67 | 121 | 63 | 20 | 14 | 870 |
| Notices, houses let in lodgings | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | 513 | – | 10 | – | – | 529 |
| Summonses under P. H. Act | – | – | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 30 |
| Infectious disease contacts | 9 | – | – | 12 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 9 | – | – | – | 38 |
| Seizures of unwholesome food | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| Outworkers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,147 | 1,147 |
| Drainage plans, total reconstructions | 15 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 24 | – | 26 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 6 | – | 160 |
| Do. partial do. | 11 | 10 | 4 | 60 | 11 | – | 22 | 27 | 29 | 8 | – | – | 182 |