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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
Camberwell 1920
[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 Ist JANUARY, 1921.
Inspectors.
Totals.
Morley.
Farmer.
Dewey.
MaMns.
Jones.
Nash.
Wo rsfold
Miss
O'Riordan
Miss
Butcher
Miss
McKenzie
Description of Work.
Eagle.
Scudamore.
Collins.
Green.
Groom.
Visits to complaints
211
479
10
75
394
103
209
246
4
-
-
2,755
24
325
309
366
172
380
139
297
198
21
198
7
-
-
-
2,248
House inspections following on complaints
369
86
317
64
255
128
96
360
144
324
143
360
-
-
-
2,260
House-to-house inspections
88
78
150
134
11
-
46
19
38
120
19
1
-
344
Tenement inspections
78
-
-
12
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
81
-
-
87
Houses let in lodgings inspections
-
-
6
-
7
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
23
1
2
1
-
Housing and town planning inspections
-
5
4
─
867
-
516
41
10
10
50
─
─
36
─
Visits to new buildings
71
52
43
34
2
3
7
6
4
4
─
─
67
1
2
─
No of inspections re overcrowding
21
4
9
4
1
─
─
─
─
─
─
2
─
─
41
Do. do. of slaughterhouses
─
3
12
23
23
─
─
48
42
20
18
40
30
15
─
─
355
Do. do. bakehouses
22
18
16
63
─
─
─
─
─
─
─
16
─
5
─
─
Do. do. cowhouses
─
9
2
143
24
72
99
53
─
779
─
41
53
99
─
─
Do. do. milk shops and dairies
52
27
65
51
23
11
20
14
13
─
6
─
─
122
Do. do. eating houses
─
5
16
9
5
18
46
5
35
13
29
20
─
─
─
272
Do. do. iee cream shops
─
11
39
22
34
─
─
─
199
137
─
─
─
─
─
─
─
Do. do. railway stations
12
─
50
39
96
48
60
101
101
105
─
9
39
17
70
802
Do. do. workshops
24
46
47
36
52
50
─
6
34
13
104
49
109
519
Do. do. factories
─
5
23
─
5
38
11
54
7
31
16
─
─
252
─
29
50
─
Do. do. urinals, public
21
23
61
4
1
39
96
101
2
─
─
1,607
328
433
17
108
Do. do. private
118
131
89
84
23
24
16
15
43
6
26
14
─
─
─
224
Do. do. schools, public
8
14
13
22
5
─
25
1
─
─
2
39
9
171
34
─
Do. do. do. private
20
3
2
31
4,510
3,608
1,027
3,398
4,245
2,788
2,429
2,507
52
─
12
35,913
Re-inspections
2,784
3,335
2,126
3,092
576
357
561
269
201
1,743
1,418
1,174
165
28
219
7,160
Miscellaneous
57
141
92
159
207
307
173
167
64
348
102
166
─
─
1
2,274
Infectious cases visited and houses inspected
116
168
111
345
22
42
102
41
72
110
106
81
7
─
910
─
Do. do. or inquiries
199
36
52
40
─
─
─
─
2
397
450
322
4
─
─
1,182
Tuberculosis cases visited and houses inspected
3
1
1
2
1
─
─
─
─
4
─
─
830
626
758
2,224
Do. do. or inquiries
2
─
─
3
─
─
─
─
─
─
27
2
18
Visits to verminous premies
─
─
48
1
─
─
239
950
936
709
789
646
─
624
522
60
15
─
7,803
Intimations
474
673
531
635
384
573
301
235
242
2
3,197
219
159
47
─
─
Statutory notices
193
254
288
300
─
─
169
8
─
─
─
─
─
194
Notices, houses let in lodgings
─
15
─
─
13
─
2
17
1
9
─
─
7
11
4
Infectious disease contacts
45
13
156
─
1
22
13
6
5
2
8
─
─
─
─
─
─
29
Seizures of unwholesome food
3
3
─
─
2
1
627
─
─
─
─
─
─
─
645
542
1,815
Outworkers
─
─
─
─
2
─
─
─
1
7
7
1
18
Measles
─
─
─
─
─
─
─
─
─
21
4
40
─
─
─
─
─
─
65
Scabies
─
─
─
─
12
11
─
8
22
─
32
─
─
─
85
Housing and Town Planning Act, Section 28 Visits
─
─
─
─
─
─
8
─
─
─
─
8
Do. Do. Do. Section 29 do.
─
─
─
─
─
─
─
─
─
─
─
─
3
16
6
─
─
─
─
25
Opthalmia Neonatorum
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─
─
─
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RETURN OF WORK PERFORMED IN THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT DURING THE 52 WEEKS ENDING Ist JANUARY, 1921.
| Description of Work. | Inspectors. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groom. | Eagle. | Scudamore. | Collins. | Morley. | Farmer. | Dewey. | MaMns. | Green. | Jones. | Nash. | Worsfold | Miss O'Riordan | Miss Butcher | Miss McKenzie | ||
| Visits to complaints | 24 | 325 | 309 | 366 | 211 | 479 | 10 | 75 | 394 | 103 | 209 | 246 | 4 | – | – | 2,755 |
| House inspections following on complaints | 369 | 86 | 317 | 64 | 21 | 198 | 7 | 172 | 380 | 139 | 297 | 198 | – | – | – | 2,248 |
| House-to-house inspections | 88 | 78 | 150 | 134 | 96 | 360 | 144 | 324 | 255 | 143 | 128 | 360 | – | – | – | 2,260 |
| Tenement inspections | – | – | – | 12 | 46 | 19 | 78 | 38 | 11 | 120 | – | 19 | 1 | – | – | 344 |
| Houses let in lodgings inspections | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 87 |
| Housing and town planning inspections | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | 23 |
| Visits to new buildings | 71 | 52 | 43 | 34 | 516 | 36 | 41 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 4 | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | 867 |
| No of inspections re overcrowding | 21 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | ─ | ─ | ─ | 67 |
| Do. do. of slaughterhouses | 3 | 12 | ─ | 23 | ─ | ─ | ─ | 2 | 1 | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | 41 |
| Do. do. bakehouses | 22 | 18 | 16 | 63 | 48 | 42 | 20 | 18 | 40 | 30 | 23 | 15 | ─ | ─ | ─ | 355 |
| Do. do. cowhouses | ─ | 9 | ─ | 2 | ─ | ─ | ─ | 5 | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | 16 |
| Do. do. milk shops and dairies | 52 | 27 | 65 | 51 | 143 | 41 | 24 | 53 | 99 | 72 | 99 | 53 | ─ | ─ | 779 | |
| Do. do. eating houses | 5 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 13 | ─ | ─ | 6 | 23 | 11 | 20 | 14 | ─ | ─ | ─ | 122 |
| Do. do. iee cream shops | 11 | 39 | 22 | 34 | 46 | 5 | ─ | 35 | 13 | 29 | 18 | 20 | ─ | ─ | ─ | 272 |
| Do. do. railway stations | 12 | ─ | ─ | 50 | 137 | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | 199 |
| Do. do. workshops | 46 | 24 | ─ | 47 | 9 | 39 | 17 | 70 | 39 | 96 | 48 | 60 | 101 | 101 | 105 | 802 |
| Do. do. factories | 23 | ─ | ─ | 38 | ─ | 5 | 6 | 34 | 36 | 52 | 50 | 13 | 104 | 49 | 109 | 519 |
| Do. do. urinals, public | 21 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 50 | 11 | 54 | 7 | 31 | 5 | 16 | ─ | ─ | ─ | 252 |
| Do. do. private | 118 | 131 | 89 | 84 | 328 | 433 | 17 | 108 | 39 | 96 | 101 | 61 | 2 | ─ | ─ | 1,607 |
| Do. do. schools, public | 8 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 15 | 43 | 6 | 26 | 14 | 23 | 24 | 16 | ─ | ─ | ─ | 224 |
| Do. do. do. private | 20 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 34 | 25 | ─ | 1 | ─ | 5 | ─ | ─ | 2 | 39 | 9 | 171 |
| Re-inspections | 2,784 | 3,335 | 2,126 | 3,092 | 4,510 | 3,608 | 1,027 | 3,398 | 4,245 | 2,788 | 2,429 | 2,507 | 52 | ─ | 12 | 35,913 |
| Miscellaneous | 57 | 141 | 92 | 159 | 165 | 28 | 219 | 576 | 357 | 561 | 269 | 201 | 1,743 | 1,418 | 1,174 | 7,160 |
| Infectious cases visited and houses inspected | 116 | 168 | 111 | 345 | 173 | 167 | 64 | 207 | 348 | 102 | 307 | 166 | ─ | ─ | 1 | 2,274 |
| Do. do. or inquiries | 199 | 36 | 52 | 40 | 42 | 102 | 41 | 72 | 110 | 106 | 22 | 81 | 7 | ─ | ─ | 910 |
| Tuberculosis cases visited and houses inspected | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | 2 | 397 | 450 | 322 | 1,182 |
| Do. do. or inquiries | 2 | ─ | ─ | 3 | ─ | ─ | 4 | 1 | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | 830 | 626 | 758 | 2,224 |
| Visits to verminous premies | 1 | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | 27 | 2 | 18 | 48 |
| Intimations | 474 | 673 | 531 | 635 | 624 | 522 | 239 | 950 | 936 | 709 | 789 | 646 | 60 | 15 | ─ | 7,803 |
| Statutory notices | 193 | 254 | 288 | 300 | 219 | 159 | 47 | 384 | 573 | 301 | 235 | 242 | 2 | ─ | ─ | 3,197 |
| Notices, houses let in lodgings | ─ | ─ | ─ | 2 | ─ | ─ | 15 | 169 | 8 | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | 194 |
| Infectious disease contacts | ─ | 22 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 9 | ─ | ─ | 13 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 156 |
| Seizures of unwholesome food | 3 | ─ | ─ | 2 | ─ | 3 | ─ | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | 29 |
| Outworkers | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | 1 | ─ | 627 | 645 | 542 | 1,815 |
| Measles | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | 2 | ─ | ─ | ─ | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| Scabies | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | 21 | 4 | 40 | 65 |
| Housing and Town Planning Act, Section 28 Visits | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | 8 | 22 | ─ | 32 | ─ | 12 | 11 | ─ | ─ | ─ | 85 |
| Do. Do. Do. Section 29 do. | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | 8 | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | 8 |
| Opthalmia Neonatorum | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | ─ | 3 | 16 | 6 | 25 |