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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66 appendix : proceedings.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slaughterhouses — No. of inspections | 380 | 265 | 261 | 232 | 423 | 1561 |
| „ „ notices | ||||||
| Offensive Trades— No. of inspections | 125 | 114 | 239 | |||
| „ „ notices | ||||||
| Smoke Nuisances— No. of observations | 134½ hrs. | 181 | 203 | 119 | 25 | 662½ hrs. |
| „ „ nuisances and complaints | 6 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 56 |
| „ „ notices | ||||||
| „ „ summonses | ||||||
| Housing of the Working Classes— No. of houses inspected | 232 | 134 | 99 | 63 | 62 | 590 |
| „ ,, ,, dealt with under Sec. 15 of Housing | ||||||
| Town Planning &c., Act, 1909 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| „ „ representations | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12 | |
| „ „ closing orders | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 19 | |
| , „ houses remedied without closing orders | ||||||
| „ „ houses remedied after closing orders | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||
| „ „ houses demolished | ||||||
| Other details | ||||||
| Underground Rooms— No. illegally occupied | 115 | 2 | 117 | |||
| „ closed, or illegal occupation discontinued | 115 | 2 | 117 | |||
| Overcrowding— No. of rooms overcrowded | 197 | 60 | 80 | 52 | 13 | 402 |
| „ „ „ remedied | 80 | 51 | 68 | 49 | 13 | 261 |
| „ ,, prosecutions | 1 | |||||
| Cleansing*— No of adults cleansed | ||||||
| ,, „ children „ | ||||||
| „ „ rooms or premises cleansed | 355 | 282 | 117 | 105 | 63 | 922 |
| Water Supply to Tenement Houses— No. of premises supplied | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14 | ||
| „ „ prosecutions | ||||||
| Inland Revenue Act (applications for certificates)— No. of houses | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| „ „ tenements therein | 17 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 33 |
| „ „ applications granted | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |
| „ „ „ refused, deferred or withdrawn | 15 | 1 | 16 | |||
| Mortuaries- No. of bodies received | 321 | 339 | 332 | 288 | 324 | 1604 |
| ,, „ infectious bodies | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| Sale of Food— No. of premises used other than ice cream | ||||||
| premises, milk-shops and cowsheds | 585 | 551 | 331 | 302 | 308 | 2077 |
| „ „ inspections | 1040 | 739 | 982 | 444 | 776 | 3981 |
| Disinfection Shelter—(No Shelter) | ||||||
| No. of persons accommodated | ||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum Regulations— | ||||||
| No. of notifications received from certified midwives | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
* There is no Cleansing Station.