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Camberwell 1921
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Borough of Camberwell for the year 1921
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TABLE III.—RETURN OF WORK PERFORMED IN THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT
DURING THE 52 WEEKS ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1921.
Inspectors.
Groom.
Eagle.
Scudamore
Description of Work.
Collins.
Totals.
Farmer.
Malins.
Green.
Worsfold.
Glenday.*
Miss
O'Riordan.
Miss
Butcher.
Miss
McKenzie.
Morley.
Jones.
Nash.
50
396
340
293
Visits to complaints
71
239
House inspections following complaints
1
331
342
305
565
696
119
556
25
2
3,657
47
-
186
139
-
House to-house inspections
16
171
315
21
454
444
207
470
14
2,656
6
-
-
-
Tenement inspections
-
245
326
98
298
231
1,773
-
62
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
38
231
Houses let in lodgings inspections
-
-
-
-
101
-
-
-
63
-
-
-
-
-
-
Housing and Town Planning inspections
-
-
-
69
-
71
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
314
41
-
Visits to new buildings
11
195
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
11
17
-
No.of inspectons re overcrowding
-
-
978
25
1
98
28
1
-
1,709
-
-
-
-
4
Do. do. of slaughterhouses
7
5
1
-
-
13
1
12
6
10
-
-
28
-
-
-
-
-
Do. do. bakehouses
37
27
38
7
-
39
27
-
-
-
-
-
-
Do. do. cowhouses
38
22
4
-
65
25
34
14
44
375
2
1
-
-
-
-
49
2
-
9
Do. do. milk shops and dairies
78
128
58
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
13
64
63
66
16
Do. do. eating houses
2
159
38
72
83
874
16
5
-
-
-
Do. do. ice cream shops
16
40
17
2
24
20
13
16
38
5
-
-
-
-
116
-
1
33
22
34
14
31
293
Do. do. railway stations
1
-
33
47
1
-
-
-
-
1
-
Do. do. workshops
47
81
147
123
1
-
-
160
28
-
-
-
-
-
1
Do. do. factories
14
-
-
74
32
143
86
94
56
103
69
120
1,081
25
-
D9. do. urinals, public
5
1
58
12
49
54
-
96
21
101
431
17
4
3
-
-
19
2
6
-
Do. do. do. private
30
122
73
39
42
9
62
8
177
-
-
-
2
100
86
Do. do. schools, L.C.C.
-
12
281
407
20
66
118
2
4
-
-
1,344
-
-
25
6
5
7
43
38
194
Do. do. do. private
5
1
24
5
8
6
33
-
2,902
3,885
3,727
6
-
-
8
151
Re-inspections
409
11
-
2
94
-
-
-
2,947
Miscellaneous
91
169
90
3,451
4,828
3,030
3,891
2,771
141
27
1
38,343
92
2,606
45
Infectious cases visited and houses inspected
230
264
283
109
328
503
358
103
5
1,044
1,308
177
72
369
1,862
6,503
Do. do. or enquiries
282
273
111
43
67
25
205
176
210
310
170
23
15
44
19
2,681
10
Tuberculous cases visited and houses inspected
11
61
69
92
115
41
104
14
7
821
-
-
6
58
4
Do. do. or enquiries
2
-
-
3
4
2
-
-
884
663
835
2,405
-
-
-
-
Visits to verminous premises
1
282
-
2
-
4
1
-
268
379
-
-
-
-
-
941
Intimations
450
690
703
-
27
3
60
452
-
-
-
29
-
-
-
-
Statutory notices
235
380
970
604
654
751
24
227
360
563
496
908
32
22
7,319
-
Notices, houses let in lodgings
5
147
386
-
-
225
197
425
368
193
3
1
3,147
-
-
-
Infectious disease contacts
-
21
62
2
-
3
-
-
-
-
69
-
-
-
-
-
Seizures of unwholesome food
-
3
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
25
Outworkers
-
-
2
11
4
17
1
38
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Measles
-
-
-
1,898
-
-
-
584
865
449
-
-
-
-
-
-
Scabies
-
-
-
-
58
127
64
249
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
45
29
108
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
34
4,951
6,338
6,667
6,055
6,064
6,798
6,317
7,705
5,234
5,171
267
4,076
3,407
3,331
79,846
7,465
* From December 19th to 31st only.
TABLE III.—RETURN OF WORK PERFORMED IN THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT DURING THE 52 WEEKS ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1921.
| Description of Work. | Inspectors. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groom. | Eagle. | Scudamore | Collins. | Morley. | Farmer. | Malins. | Green. | Jones. | Nash. | Worsfold. | Glenday.* | Miss O'Riordan. | Miss Butcher. | Miss McKenzie. | ||
| Visits to complaints | 50 | 396 | 340 | 293 | 305 | 565 | 71 | 696 | 119 | 239 | 556 | 25 | 2 | – | – | 3,657 |
| House inspections following complaints | 331 | 1 | 342 | 47 | 21 | 454 | 186 | 444 | 207 | 139 | 470 | 14 | – | – | – | 2,656 |
| House to-house inspections | 16 | 171 | 315 | 6 | 62 | 5 | 245 | 326 | 98 | 298 | 231 | – | – | – | – | 1,773 |
| Tenement inspections | – | – | – | – | – | – | 38 | – | 63 | – | 231 | – | – | – | – | 101 |
| Houses let in lodgings inspections | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 71 |
| Housing and Town Planning inspections | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Visits to new buildings | 314 | 41 | 11 | 195 | 978 | 25 | 1 | 98 | 28 | 17 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1,709 |
| No.of inspectons re overcrowding | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | 7 | – | 5 | 1 | – | – | 13 | 1 | – | 28 |
| Do. do. of slaughterhouses | 4 | 12 | 6 | 10 | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 39 |
| Do. do. bakehouses | 27 | 37 | 27 | 38 | 65 | 38 | 25 | 34 | 14 | 22 | 44 | 4 | – | – | – | 375 |
| Do. do. cowhouses | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 |
| Do. do. milk shops and dairies | 49 | 78 | 128 | 58 | 159 | 38 | 72 | 64 | 63 | 83 | 66 | 16 | – | – | – | 874 |
| Do. do. eating houses | 13 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | 116 |
| Do. do. ice cream shops | 16 | 40 | 17 | 38 | 47 | 1 | 33 | 22 | 34 | 14 | 31 | – | – | – | – | 293 |
| Do. do. railway stations | 1 | 1 | – | 33 | 123 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 160 |
| Do. do. workshops | 47 | 81 | 147 | 28 | 74 | 32 | 143 | 86 | 94 | 56 | 1 | – | 103 | 69 | 120 | 1,081 |
| Do. do. factories | 14 | – | – | 25 | – | 1 | 58 | 12 | 49 | 54 | – | – | 96 | 21 | 101 | 431 |
| D9. do. urinals, public | 5 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 9 | 62 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 177 |
| Do. do. do. private | 30 | 122 | 73 | 39 | 281 | 407 | 100 | 20 | 66 | 118 | 86 | 2 | – | – | – | 1,344 |
| Do. do. schools, L.C.C. | – | 12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | – | 43 | 38 | 33 | 194 |
| Do. do. do. private | 5 | 1 | – | 24 | 11 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 94 | 8 | 151 |
| Re-inspections | 2,902 | 3,885 | 3,727 | 409 | 3,451 | 4,828 | 3,030 | 3,891 | 2,771 | 2,606 | 2,947 | 141 | 27 | 1 | 45 | 38,343 |
| Miscellaneous | 91 | 169 | 90 | 92 | 109 | 72 | 369 | 328 | 503 | 358 | 103 | 5 | 1,862 | 1,044 | 1,308 | 6,503 |
| Infectious cases visited and houses inspected | 230 | 264 | 283 | 177 | 205 | 176 | 210 | 310 | 170 | 282 | 273 | 23 | 15 | 44 | 19 | 2,681 |
| Do. do. or enquiries | 111 | 43 | 67 | 25 | 61 | 69 | 92 | 58 | 115 | 41 | 104 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 821 |
| Tuberculous cases visited and houses inspected | 11 | – | – | 6 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 884 | 663 | 835 | 2,405 |
| Do. do. or enquiries | 2 | – | – | 3 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 268 | 379 | 282 | 941 |
| Visits to verminous premises | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | 3 | 29 | 60 |
| Intimations | 450 | 690 | 703 | 452 | 563 | 496 | 970 | 908 | 604 | 654 | 751 | 24 | 32 | 22 | – | 7,319 |
| Statutory notices | 227 | 235 | 380 | 360 | 225 | 197 | 425 | 368 | 193 | 147 | 386 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 3,147 |
| Notices, houses let in lodgings | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 62 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 69 |
| Infectious disease contacts | – | 21 | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 |
| Seizures of unwholesome food | – | 3 | – | – | – | 2 | 11 | 4 | – | 17 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 38 |
| Outworkers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 584 | 865 | 449 | 1,898 |
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 58 | 127 | 64 | 249 |
| Scabies | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 45 | 29 | 34 | 108 |
| 4,951 | 6,338 | 6,667 | 6,055 | 6,798 | 7,465 | 6,317 | 7,705 | 5,234 | 5,171 | 6,064 | 267 | 4,076 | 3,407 | 3,331 | 79,846 | |