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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
Bermondsey 1926
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1926
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TABLE E.—WORK OF DISTRICT INSPECTORS, 1926.
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4
5
6
7
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9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
Special Inspections
Complaints
Restaurants and Eating
Houses
Infectious Diseases
Fishmongers, Friers
and Curers
Food Stores
Ice Cream
Markets
Factories and Workshops
Specially Inspected
Outworkers' Bi-Annual
Inspection
Underground
Conveniences
Offensive Trades
Other Calls and Visits
Various
Drains Tested
Chimneys watched
Bakehouses
Butchers
Destruction of Food
Fruiterers and
Greengrocers
TOTALS
House-to-House
Visits
Ints.
757
692
257
9
1
33
151
40
16
86
52
5
429
77
33
167
23
3453
62
92
3
6438
1024
718
444
308
6
22
78
50
5
28
148
153
54
7
148
67
6
11
5646
688
492
20
2835
46
866
383
496
296
40
-
24
78
93
2797
-
48
99
471
189
62
112
129
1
13
6505
708
308
312
9
-
47
7
6080
800
330
522
119
35
43
3411
2
50
80
110
41
22
75
65
893
-
1
59
50
165
4
1
5674
993
793
26l
551
351
79
62
2688
1
48
135
72
189
83
31
50
74
109
27
332
117
65
59
4
647
710
403
379
22
-
12
3120
4
38
168
49
1
6340
935
133
19
47
6247
824
349
355
26
-
19
76
3890
-
14
230
37
112
44
10
61
1
-
807
5405
3001
3194
575
248
197
965
498
16
42930
2258
383
25
207
22194
13
1117
401
1243
562
41
6048
387
Mr. Davis, Drainage Inspector (October 1st to December 31st): —Nuisances, 2 ; Drains tested, 201
Totals —Visits, 702; Ints., 2
TABLE E.—WORK OF DISTRICT INSPECTORS, 1926.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House-to-House | Special Inspections | Complaints | Infectious Diseases | Factories and Workshops Specially Inspected | Offensive Trades | Outworkers' Bi-Annual Inspection | Underground Conveniences | Drains Tested | Other Calls and Visits | Chimneys watched | Bakehouses | Butchers | Fishmongers, Friers and Curers | Food Stores | Fruiterers and Greengrocers | Ice Cream | Markets | Restaurants and Eating Houses | Destruction of Food | Various | TOTALS | ||
| Visits | Ints. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mr. Smart | 757 | 692 | 429 | 257 | 77 | 9 | 33 | 167 | 23 | 3453 | 1 | 33 | 151 | 62 | 40 | 92 | 16 | 86 | 52 | 3 | 5 | 6438 | 1024 |
| Mr. Pitts | 718 | 492 | 444 | 308 | 20 | 6 | 22 | 78 | 50 | 2835 | 5 | 28 | 148 | 46 | 153 | 54 | 7 | 148 | 67 | 6 | 11 | 5646 | 688 |
| Mr. Luke | 866 | 383 | 496 | 296 | 40 | – | 24 | 78 | 93 | 2797 | – | 48 | 308 | 99 | 471 | 189 | 62 | 112 | 129 | 1 | 13 | 6505 | 708 |
| Mr. Wood | 800 | 330 | 522 | 312 | 119 | 9 | 35 | – | 43 | 3411 | 2 | 50 | 80 | 47 | 110 | 41 | 22 | 75 | 65 | – | 7 | 6080 | 893 |
| Mr. Toll | 793 | 26l | 551 | 351 | 79 | 1 | 62 | 59 | 50 | 2688 | 1 | 48 | 135 | 72 | 189 | 83 | 31 | 165 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 5674 | 993 |
| Mr. Francksen Mr. Butcher | 647 | 710 | 403 | 379 | 22 | – | 12 | 117 | 109 | 3120 | 4 | 27 | 65 | 38 | 168 | 59 | 49 | 332 | 74 | 1 | 4 | 6340 | 935 |
| Mr. Merryman | 824 | 133 | 349 | 355 | 26 | – | 19 | 76 | 19 | 3890 | – | 14 | 230 | 37 | 112 | 44 | 10 | 47 | 61 | 1 | – | 6247 | 807 |
| Total | 5405 | 3001 | 3194 | 2258 | 383 | 25 | 207 | 575 | 387 | 22194 | 13 | 248 | 1117 | 401 | 1243 | 562 | 197 | 965 | 498 | 16 | 41 | 42930 | 6048 |