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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

Wandsworth 1916

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1916

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XXXIX.DETAILS OF INSPECTIONS AND RE-INSPECTIONS, 1916. (M ale I nspectors.)

TABLE XXXIX.

DETAILS OF INSPECTIONS AND RE-INSPECTIONS, 1916. (M ale I nspectors.)

InspectionsRe- Inspec-tions.Totals.
Number of complaints received and attended to2,636...2,636
Number of house-to-house inspections1,040...1,040
Drainage and other sanitary works alter notice3,0558,52111,576
Drainage and other sanitary works voluntary4938811,374
Number of premises inspected on account of :
Notifiable diseases2,7573063,063
Measles3,705993,804
Whooping Cough2722274
Pulmonary Tuberculosis31536
Other Infective Diseases36133394
Verminous conditions37474448
Periodical Inspections:—-
Houses-let-in-Lodgings3259161,241
Underground rooms1...1
Common Lodging Houses20...20
Work-places"Factories41940459
Workshops71531746
Workshops (Domestic)21147258
Workplaces282115397
Outworkers' premises9222114
Bakehouses334211545
Restaurant kitchens20513218
Food-placesCowsheds54761
Piggeries93194
Dairies and Milkshops68174755
Ice Cream Premises41452466
Slaughterhouses2384242
Places where food is prepared1051106
Offensive trades20222
Fried Fish shops1768184
Rag and bone stores88391
Butchers' shops5286534
Greengrocers' shops33721358
Fishmongers' shops2695274
Public House urinals57951630
Other sanitary conveniences, schools, &c.86187
Smoke observations41...41
Unsound food22224
Yards of Mews and StablesI.7411911.932
Legal proceedings:—...
(1) Applications and summonses4...4
(2) Hearings and adjournments11...11
Other2,222832,305
Totals25.03711,82836,865