Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1914
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The following table shows the work done by the District Inspectors during the year:—
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||
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House to House. | Special Inspections | Complaints | Infectious Diseases | Factories and Workshops specially Inspected. | Offensive Trades. | Outworkers. Bi-Annual Inspection. | Underground Conveniences. | Drains Tested. | Re-inspections. | Other Calls and Visits. | Chimneys Watched. | |||||||||
No. | Ints. | No. | Ints. | No. | Ints. | No. | Ints. | No. | Ints. | No. | Ints. | No. | Ints. | No. | No. | No. | No. | No. | Ints. | |
Mr. Grice | 684 | 322 | 205 | 44 | 306 | 172 | 91 | 9 | 9 | 2 | ... | ... | 105 | 17 | 184 | 42 | 2752 | 372 | 19 | 4 |
Mr. Wood | 724 | 379 | 295 | 111 | 246 | 119 | 194 | 35 | 76 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 62 | 6 | 4 | 148 | 2798 | 678 | 19 | 3 |
Mr. Merryman | 707 | 433 | 200 | 132 | 202 | 91 | 279 | 43 | 32 | 6 | 15 | ... | 212 | 13 | 152 | 119 | 2874 | 322 | 39 | 23 |
Mr. Toogood | 726 | 319 | 195 | 50 | 354 | 244 | 312 | 76 | 31 | ... | 98 | ... | 84 | 10 | 11 | 164 | 2973 | 531 | 2 | 2 |
Mr. Freeman | 720 | 416 | 173 | 91 | 192 | 125 | 209 | 48 | 44 | 7 | 43 | 2 | 142 | 12 | 3 | 137 | 2668 | 505 | 5 | 4 |
Mr Golds | 564 | 287 | 376 | 74 | 162 | 104 | 233 | 92 | 39 | 7 | 88 | 1 | 98 | 7 | 56 | 191 | 2533 | 79 | 22 | 6 |
Mr. Pitts | 611 | 307 | 255 | 48 | 162 | 54 | 193 | 25 | 22 | 6 | ... | ... | 36 | 2 | 155 | 75 | 2635 | 204 | 13 | 5 |
Mr Cockburn | 600 | 356 | 59 | 10 | 109 | 92 | 158 | 52 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 169 | 19 | 155 | 185 | 2470 | 57 | ... | ... |
Totals | 5336 | 2819 | 1758 | 560 | 1733 | 1001 | 1669 | 380 | 256 | 53 | 256 | 4 | 908 | 86 | 720 | 1061 | 21703 | 2748 | 119 | 46 |