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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
Bethnal Green 1914
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1914 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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| District. | Infectious Cases. | Complaints. | House to House Inspections. | Trade Inspections | Re-inspections. | Milkshop Inspections. | Factory and Workshop Inspections. | Outworkers' Homes Inspections. | Tenement House Inspections. | New Buildings Inspections. | Ice Cream Shop Inspections. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 364 | 216 | 111 | — | 2893 | 97 | 400 | 738 | 98 | — | 38 |
| B | 217 | 188 | 735 | — | 1950 | 98 | 284 | 786 | 92 | l | 66 |
| C | 292 | 378 | 23 | — | 2655 | 122 | 240 | 339 | 191 | — | 32 |
| D | 226 | 68 | 8 | 35 | 3168 | 218 | 907 | 175 | 304 | — | 62 |
| * B | 213 | 66 | — | — | 994 | 95 | 228 | 136 | 140 | _ | 12 |
| 324 | 220 | 10 | 22 | 2774 | 80 | 319 | 173 | 175 | l | 41 | |
| F | 332 | 280 | 11 | — | 2955 | 97 | 642 | 348 | 126 | — | 26 |
| 3 | 33 | 596 | — | 3076 | — | — | — | — | 217 | — | |
| — | 9 | 265 | 818 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Totals | 1971 | 1458 | 1759 | 875 | 20465 | 807 | 3020 | 2695 | 1126 | 219 | 277 |
* Two Inspectors were attached to District E during the year, viz. :—
(1) Mr. W. Billings who was on active service from 26th September, 1914.
(2) Mr. J. H. Hewitt who was appointed Temporary Sanitary Inspector on
the 1st October, 1914, vice Inspector Billings.