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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 1919

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1919

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XXV.DETAILS OF INSPECTIONS AND RE-INSPECTIONS, 1919.(Male Inspectors.) .

TABLE XXV.

DETAILS OF INSPECTIONS AND RE-INSPECTIONS, 1919.

(Male Inspectors.) .

InspectionsRe-Inspections.Totals.
Number of complaints received and attended to4,909...4.909
Number of house-to-house inspections ...2,462...2,462
Drainage and other sanitary works after notice3,71813,38217,100
Drainage and other sanitary works voluntary395507.902
Number of premises inspected on account of:— Notifiable diseases2,889382,927
Measles1,46861,474
Whooping Cough261...261
Pulmonary Tuberculosis76...76
Other Infective Diseases6836689
Verminous conditions25110261
Periodical Inspections:— Houses-let-in-Lodgings292505797
Close! underground rooms.........
Common Lodging Houses10414
Food-places Work-placesFactories388133521
Workshops695145840
Workshops (Domestic)13623159
Workplaces437101538
Outworkers' premises791897
Bakehouses279159438
Restaurant kitchens2477254
Cowsheds30131
Piggeries2129221
Dairies and Milkshops45149500
Ice Cream Premises22427251
Slaughterhouses1271128
Places where food is prepared1265131
Offensive trades54...54
Fried Fish shops1934197
Rag and bone stores67168
Butchers' shops3161317
Greengrocers' shops2131214
Fishmongers' shops2645269
Public House urinals21424238
Other sanitary conveniences, schools, &c.80...80
Smoke observations14...14
Unsound food23633269
Yards of Mews and Stables44539584
Legal proceedings:— (1) Applications and summonses22...22
(2) Hearings and adjournments49...49
Other1,410491,459
Totals24,32215,29339,615