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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
Islington 1899
Forty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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It would be almost invidious to select for special mention the
names of particular members of the staff, but it is impossible to
pass over the chief clerk, Mr. G. H. King, who so quietly and
diligently transacts his work and looks after his office, and than
whom the Vestry possesses no better servant.
I append a statement, which must not however be taken as
nearly complete, showing the work done by the clerical staff.
STATEMENT SHOWING THE WORK PERFORMED BY THE CLERICAL STAFF.
| No. of Notifications entered in Register | 3,164 |
| „ „ forwarded to Metropolitan Asylums Board | 3,164 |
| „ „ „ Schools | 2,129 |
| „ Letters typed and forwarded from office | 2,851 |
| ,, Intimation Notices written (and copied) | 5,122 |
| „ Statutory „ „ „ | 474 |
| „ Minutes of Public Health Committee entered in Minute Book | 29 |
| „ Minutes of Sub-Committees entered in Minute Book | 19 |
| ,, Reports from Public Health Committee to Vestry prepared | 29 |
| „ References „ „ „ other Committees prepared | 38 |
| „ Summonses prepared under the Public Health Acts | 97 |
| „ „ „ „ Adulteration Acts | 69 |
| „ Notices of Public Health Committee Meetings prepared | 725 |
| „ „ Sub-Committee Meetings prepared | 144 |
| „ Bacteriological Diagnoses forwarded to Medical Practitioners | 264 |
| „ Reports of Inspectors on Infectious Diseases entered in Registers | 3,164 |
| „ Rooms Fumigated entered in Register | 2,676 |
| „ „ Stripped | 1,375 |
| „ Articles of Bedding, Clothing, &c. entered in Register | 1,909 |
| „ M.O.H.'s Reports sent out | 865 |
| „ Notices of Completed Disinfection forwarded to Schools | 1,649 |
| „ Deaths tabulated in Annual Register | 6,293 |
| „ „ „ in Register during first quarter | 1,681 |
| „ „ „ „ „ second „ | 1,281 |
| „ „ „ „ „ third „ | 1,672 |
| „ „ „ „ „ fourth „ | 1,759 |
| „ Reports on Sanitary Work tabulated in Register | 728 |
| ,, Entries on 6 Maps showing where Infectious Disease had occurred | 2,905 |
| „ „ 6 Charts showing the weekly number of Infectious Cases | 312 |
| „ Complaints and Results of Inspection entered in Complaint Book | 1,421 |
| ,, Letters Received entered in Correspondence Book | 11,902 |
| „ Entries in Lodging-House Register | 46 |
| „ Lodging-House Notices prepared | 539 |
| „ Medical Practitioners'Accounts kept | 832 |