Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1918
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Table NO. 5,
DUTIES AND PREMISES. | Male Inspectors. | Temporary Women Inspectors. | total. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Inspections. | Re-inspec-tions. | |
DISTRICT INSPECTORS. | ||||||
Infectious Diseases—Inquiry, removal, disinfection, etc. | — | — | 1865 | 91 | 1865 | 91 |
Subsequent sanitary inspection, etc. | — | — | 1335 | 697 | 1335 | 697 |
Complaints | 1709 | 5854 | — | — | 1709 | 5854 |
Drainage—Undernotice. Plans, supervision, etc. | 180 | 2185 | — | — | 180 | 2186 |
Voluntary | 679 | 1272 | — | — | 679 | 1272 |
New Buildings | 6 | 244 | — | — | 6 | 244 |
Drain Tests | 22 | 8 | — | — | 22 | 8 |
Yards of Mews and Stables | 2619 | 36 | — | — | 2619 | 36 |
Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909: 17 (1).— | ||||||
First Inspections | 573 | — | — | 573 | 1000 | |
Subsequent routine Inspections | 1362 | 3507 | — | — | 1362 | 3507 |
Inspections ot registered tenement houses other than above | 47 | 160 | — | — | 47 | 160 |
Other house-to-house Inspections | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Visits to closed underground rooms | 78 | 4 | — | — | 78 | 4 |
Smoke Shafts observed | 22 | — | — | — | 22 | — |
Regulated Trades. Offensive Trades | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Rag and Bone dealers | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Other effluvia businesses | 34 | — | — | — | 34 | — |
Inspections of Market Streets | 38 | — | — | — | 38 | — |
Other Duties | 152 | 68 | — | — | 152 | 68 |
Food Control | 5228 | 19 | — | — | 5228 | 19 |
Totals | 12711 | 14358 | 3200 | 788 | 15911 | 15146 |
FACTORY & WORKSHOP (MALE) INSPECTOR. Factories | 281 | 268 | — | — | 2(???) | 268 |
Laundries—factories | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Workshops | 3 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 3 |
Bakehouses- Factories | 64 | 73 | — | — | 64 | 73 |
Workshops | 284 | 206 | — | — | 28 4 | 206 |
Restaurant Kitchens | 15 | 5 | — | — | 15 | 5 |
Other Workshops | 413 | 145 | — | — | 443 | 145 |
Other Workplaces | 47 | 71 | — | — | 47 | 71 |
Other Duties | 34 | 8 | — | — | 34 | 8 |
Food Control | 892 | 94 | — | — | 892 | 94 |
Totals | 2064 | 873 | — | — | 2064 | 873 |