London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Paddington 1914
Report on the vital statistics and the work of the Public Health Department for the years 1914-18 (inclusive)
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appendix : report of the work of the district inspectors.
| YEARS. | No. of Complaints received. | Inspection of Dwelling Houses. | Sanitary Works completed in Dwelling Houses. | To Regulate Keeping of Animals. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drainage, &c. | Water Supply. | Dust Receptacles | Miscellaneous. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| " House-to-House " | On Complaint or after Illness | Cellar Dwellings. | Re-Inspection of all kinds. | Entire Reconstruction. | Drains Relaid, Trapped, or Ventilated. | Drains Repaired and made Sound. | Waste Pipes Disconnected. | New Waste Pipes Provided. | Rain-water Pipes Disconnected. | W.C.'s, New, Provided, Repaired, &c. | Soil Pipes, New, Provided. | Soil Pipes Repaired. | Soil Pipes Ventilated. | Services Separated. | Supplies Reinstated. | Cisterns, New, Provided. | Cisterns, Cleansed, Repaired, &c. | New Provided. | Repaired, &c. | Drains Cleared, Flushed, &c. | Houses or Rooms Cleansed, Whitewashed, &c. | Cases of Overcrowding Abated. | Cellar Dwellings Closed. | Yards and Areas Paved and Drained. | Roofs Repaired. | Manure Receptacles Reconstructed. &c | Accumulations Removed. | Improperly-kept Removed. | ||
| 1914 | 427 | 43 | 1852 | — | 12926 | 101 | 74 | 78 | 66 | 129 | 29 | 80 | 9 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 44 | 125 | 7 | 38 | 101 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 1 | ||||
| 1915 | 581 | — | 1885 | — | 10830 | 55 | 50 | 51 | 47 | 67 | 20 | 153 | 29 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 33 | 84 | 4 | — | 22 | 34 | 2 | 28 | — | |||
| 1916 | 561 | 10 | 1742 | — | 11980 | 32 | 50 | 51 | 39 | 97 | 23 | 202 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 29 | 10 | 62 | 108 | — | 14 | 42 | 2 | 16 | 4 | |||||
| 1917 | 958 | 18 | 1931 | — | 12998 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 36 | 78 | 20 | 154 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 29 | — | 14 | 11 | 68 | 72 | 1 | — | 13 | 53 | — | 17 | 1 | ||
| 1918 | 663 | — | 1730 | — | 12436 | 16 | 41 | 21 | 46 | 223 | 23 | 221 | 33 | 9 | 9 | 26 | — | 27 | 22 | 7 | 110 | 86 | 1 | — | 15 | 66 | 32 | |||
| 1914-18 | 3190 | 71 | 9140 | 61210 | 226 | 238 | 226 | 1033 | 194 | 63 | 84 | 54 | 87 | 12 | 154 | 220 | 34 | 311 | 10 | 4 | 76 | 212 | 7 | 114 | 11 | |||||
| 1909-13 | 2743 | 808 | 9595 | — | 73248 | 964 | 461 | 221 | 961 | * | 367 | 1842 | 225 | 324 | 168 | 68 | 15 | 450 | 344 | 118 | 263 | 646 | 48 | 19 | 262 | 120 | 18 | 129 | 8 | |
* Not shown separately prior to 1914.