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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 1918

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1918

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XXXIX.DETAILS OF INSPECTIONS AND RE-INSPECTIONS, 1918. (Male Inspectors.)

TABLE XXXIX.DETAILS OF INSPECTIONS AND RE-INSPECTIONS, 1918. (Male Inspectors.)

InspectionsRe-Inspections.Totals.
Number of complaints received and attended to3,611...3,611
Number of house-to-house inspections690...690
Drainage and other sanitary works after notice2,6048,30310,907
Drainage and other sanitary works voluntary417395812
Number of premises inspected on account of:—
Notifiable diseases2,3712022,573
Measles967421,009
Whooping Cough2382240
Pulmonary Tuberculosis20314217
Other Infective Diseases67524699
Verminous conditions35277429
Periodical Inspections:—
Houses-let-in-Lodgings292491783
Underground rooms.........
Common Lodging Houses1...1
Factories410161571
Food-places Work-places'Workshops581111692
Workshops (Domestic)16956225
Workplaces299109408
Outworkers' premises7724101
Bakehouses270221491
Restaurant kitchens15712169
Cowsheds46248
Piggeries25939298
Dairies and Milkshops58130611
Ice Cream Premises2044208
Slaughterhouses131...131
Places where food is prepared1371138
Offensive trades29433
Fried Fish shops14812160
Rag and bone stores10111112
Butchers' shops39611407
Greengrocers' shops2387245
Fishmongers' shops1847191
Public House urinals23822260
Other sanitary conveniences, schools, &c.15715172
Smoke observations27229
Unsound food18428212
Yards of Mews and Stables66057717
Legal proceedings:—
(1) Applications and summonses1414
(2) Hearings and adjournments5656
Other1,139511,190
Totals19,31310,54729,860