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Camberwell 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS, ETC., 1923.
Inspectors.
G. G. Morley.
W. R. Farmer.
M. Malins.
H. C. Green.
R. F. Nash.
W. T. Worsfold.
D. Glenday.
Miss F. O'Riordan.
Miss M. Butcher.
Totals.
W. Eagle.
G. W. Scudamore.
E. R. Collins.
W. E. Groom.
Description of Work.
429
3
528
299
468
9
3,870
250
315
288
353
423
Visits to complaints
196
309
246
255
115
237
377
183
225
357
-
-
2,652
183
355
133
56
125
427
119
170
232
191
137
2,060
House inspections following on complaints
-
-
141
287
167
100
272
98
House-to-house inspections
-
-
-
-
-
519
-
-
49
169
-
Tenement inspections
-
-
-
169
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
19
19
-
48
Houses let in lodgings inspections
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
20
Housing and Town Planning inspections
10
1,454
658
469
54
20
127
-
-
-
3,080
-
102
166
10
2
Visits to new buildings
-
16
6
9
1
11
-
56
-
-
-
11
-
19
31
142
Visits re overcrowding
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
43
59
33
54
95
29
48
22
32
46
Slaughterhouses
-
-
515
25
44
77
1
Bakehouses
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
105
-
4
62
115
196
123
74
104
83
-
1,220
Cowhouses ... ••• ••• |
-
176
74
83
99
5
11
37
25
16
27
30
Milkshops and dairies
-
210
if a
13
-
11
18
43
89
30
33
37
Eating houses
12
63
57
458
-
-
9
52
Q
33
43
112
-
-
-
-
-
176
Ice cream shops and stalls
-
-
-
10
8
45
65
91
137
143
71
112
94
Railway stations
3
158
303
1,624
43
112
250
58
54
Workshops
39
3
50
55
80
164
80
677
-
78
16
1
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
30
Factories
19
12
-
8
7
39
3
84
35
39
41
Offensive Trade Premises —Visits
39
24
23
392
34
12
296
139
196
-
Urinals, public
39
150
441
162
167
193
-
2,309
230
107
168
3,947
3,375
4,404
3,335
4,380
3,537
3,295
5,564
37
1
42,090
Do. private
2,353
3,980
3,882
648
516
963
782
837
356
454
787
1,597
8,344
Re-inspections
182
619
68
535
117
189
128
230
Miscellaneous
60
100
103
140
-
1,509
-
68
225
45
143
63
49
57
55
24
70
44
409
Infectious cases visited and houses inspected
371
1,317
41
1
18
71
68
54
6
7
214
Infectious cases, inquiries
1
3
391
-
-
6
25
6
36
501
Infectious disease contacts visited
47
14
78
210
132
174
1,301
-
-
58
4
47
4
4
1
24
17
8
6
29
122
Inspection of foodstuffs
15
14
-
-
-
-
Smoke observations
-
-
9
-
-
10
-
24
-
-
5
-
Schools, L.C.C.
9
1
4
1
8
128
153
-
-
-
-
-
2 1
-
-
Do. private
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(71)*
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
Tuberculosis, houses inspected
-
309
4
314
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tuberculosis Cases visited or Inquiries
-
-
747
1,915
2,662
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Outworkers visited
-
194
-
-
-
-
276
470
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
59
25
84
Measles
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
53
22
75
Scabies
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Ophth. Neonm.
-
-
-
-
-
-
86
14
100
-
-
-
-
-
7,425
Verms. Cplts., visits
-
6,329
7,981
6,209
7,002
5,803
6,017
8,648
3,957
3,265
79,174
3,552
6,260
6,726
Total number of visits
Seizures of foodstuffs
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
3
3
1
17
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
5
394
469
371
690
484
535
616
594
58
-
16
5,563
Smoke nuisances
496
376
464
134
153
154
283
225
91
Intimations
146
175
1
1,898
188
-
165
2
183
-
1
Statutory notices, Public Health
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
10
4
2
9
7
3
18
10
Notices, Section 28, Housing and Town Planning Act
78
6
3
-
-
-
224
Do. Section 29 do. do.
-
-
-
224
6
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
Do. houses let in lodgings
-
* This figure is included in the number of House Inspections following
complaints in Column 2, and represents complaints received from
the Tuberculosis Officers.
SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS, ETC., 1923.
| Description of Work. | Inspectors. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. E. Groom. | W. Eagle. | G. W. Scudamore. | E. R. Collins. | G. G. Morley. | W. R. Farmer. | M. Malins. | H. C. Green. | R. F. Nash. | W. T. Worsfold. | D. Glenday. | Miss F. O'Riordan. | Miss M. Butcher. | Totals. | |
| Visits to complaints | 196 | 309 | 315 | 288 | 353 | 528 | 299 | 423 | 250 | 429 | 468 | 9 | 3 | 3,870 |
| House inspections following on complaints | 183 | 119 | 355 | 246 | 237 | 377 | 183 | 255 | 115 | 225 | 357 | – | – | 2,652 |
| House-to-house inspections | 141 | 287 | 167 | 133 | 170 | 56 | 232 | 191 | 125 | 427 | 137 | – | – | 2,060 |
| Tenement inspections | – | 49 | – | – | – | 100 | – | 272 | 98 | – | – | – | 519 | |
| Houses let in lodgings inspections | – | – | – | – | – | – | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 169 |
| Housing and Town Planning inspections | – | – | 10 | – | – | – | 19 | – | – | – | 19 | – | – | 48 |
| Visits to new buildings | 102 | 166 | 10 | 1,454 | 658 | 469 | 54 | 20 | 20 | 127 | – | – | – | 3,080 |
| Visits re overcrowding | – | – | 11 | 2 | – | – | 16 | – | 6 | 9 | 1 | 11 | – | 56 |
| Slaughterhouses | – | 59 | 33 | 19 | – | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 142 |
| Bakehouses | 25 | 44 | 77 | 43 | 54 | 95 | 29 | 48 | 22 | 32 | 46 | – | – | 515 |
| Cowhouses | – | 4 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Milkshops and dairies | 83 | 99 | 176 | 62 | 115 | 196 | 105 | 123 | 74 | 104 | 83 | – | – | 1,220 |
| Eating houses | 11 | if a 13 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 25 | 16 | 74 | 27 | 30 | – | – | 210 |
| Ice cream shops and stalls | 9 | 52 | 33 | 43 | 89 | 30 | 33 | 37 | 12 | 63 | 57 | – | – | 458 |
| Railway stations | 10 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 176 |
| Workshops | 43 | 112 | 250 | 45 | 65 | 91 | 137 | 143 | 71 | 112 | 94 | 158 | 303 | 1,624 |
| Factories | 16 | – | 78 | 39 | – | 3 | 58 | 50 | 55 | 54 | 80 | 164 | 80 | 677 |
| Offensive Trade Premises—Visits | 8 | 39 | 19 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 |
| Urinals, public | 34 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 39 | 3 | 84 | 35 | 12 | 39 | 41 | 24 | 23 | 392 |
| Do. private | 107 | 168 | 230 | 150 | 296 | 441 | 162 | 139 | 196 | 167 | 193 | – | – | 2,309 |
| Re-inspections | 2,353 | 3,980 | 3,882 | 3,947 | 3,375 | 4,404 | 3,335 | 4,380 | 3,537 | 3,295 | 5,564 | 37 | 1 | 42,090 |
| Miscellaneous | 68 | 535 | 619 | 648 | 516 | 963 | 782 | 837 | 356 | 454 | 787 | 1,597 | 182 | 8,344 |
| Infectious cases visited and houses inspected | 68 | 143 | 225 | 60 | 117 | 100 | 103 | 189 | 128 | 140 | 230 | – | – | 1,509 |
| Infectious cases, inquiries | 18 | 41 | 71 | 63 | 49 | 57 | 45 | 55 | 24 | 70 | 44 | 409 | 371 | 1,317 |
| Infectious disease contacts visited | 6 | 25 | 6 | 68 | 54 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 214 | – | – | 391 |
| Inspection of foodstuffs | 4 | 47 | 58 | 47 | 14 | 78 | 210 | 36 | 501 | 132 | 174 | – | – | 1,301 |
| Smoke observations | – | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 29 | – | – | 122 |
| Schools, L.C.C. | 5 | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | 24 |
| Do. private | 21 | – | – | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 128 | 153 |
| Tuberculosis, houses inspected | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | (71)* |
| Tuberculosis Cases visited or Inquiries | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 309 | 4 | 314 |
| Outworkers visited | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 747 | 1,915 | 2,662 |
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 276 | 194 | 470 | |
| Scabies | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 59 | 25 | 84 |
| Ophth. Neonm. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 53 | 22 | 75 |
| Verms. Cplts., visits | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 86 | 14 | 100 |
| Total number of visits | 3,552 | 6,260 | 6,726 | 7,425 | 6,329 | 7,981 | 6,209 | 7,002 | 5,803 | 6,017 | 8,648 | 3,957 | 3,265 | 79,174 |
| Seizures of foodstuffs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Smoke nuisances | – | 4 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 17 |
| Intimations | 376 | 496 | 464 | 394 | 469 | 371 | 690 | 484 | 535 | 616 | 594 | 58 | 16 | 5,563 |
| Statutory notices, Public Health | 183 | 188 | 165 | 134 | 153 | 154 | 283 | 225 | 91 | 146 | 175 | – | 1 | 1,898 |
| Notices, Section 28, Housing and Town Planning Act | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Do. Section 29 do. do. | – | 6 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 10 | – | – | 78 |
| Do. houses let in lodgings | – | 6 | 3 | – | – | – | 224 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 224 |