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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 1927
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1927
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TABLE E.—WORK OF DISTRICT INSPECTORS, 1927.
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
Complaints
Factories & Workshops
Specially Inspected
Offensive Trades
Underground
Conveniences
Drains Tested
Other Calls and Visits
Chimneys watched
Bakehouses
Butchers
Fishmongers, Friers
and Curers
Fruiterers and
Greengrocers
Ice Cream
Restaurants and Eating
Houses
Destruction of Food
Various
TOTALS
Outworkers' Bi-Annual
Inspection
Special Inspections
House-to-House
Infectious Diseases
Food Stores
Visits
Markets
-
198
49
20
50
7
74
116
-
3
467
307
216
92
28
19
2160
2981
21
23
6862
11
67
17
1539
314
32
17
11
5
9
3136
30
186
47
132
39
77
112
9
6901
539
572
43
216
50
315
172
51
230
82
2
45
560
2356
482
231
19
-
29
14
18
2290
7205
—
615
2079
13
68
70
25
82
36
-
1
589
305
63
10
44
-
19
2763
46
30
22
6880
74
53
140
46
2
674
276
86
-
38
9
40
2209
-
56
48
176
42
3
6885
604
2309
43
1
2394
37
26
18
53
42
9
105
4
6750
550
449
212
47
26
20
65
2644
5
-
44
12
8
9
25
8
104
1508
121
68
2
-
10
10
3
814
-
7
23
-
-
2776
31
28
54
58
2
4
1
18
38
85
30
9196
469
5712
436
131
23
-
12
-
38
2026
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3269
3226
-
43
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3908
24104
3630
1753
364
55
191
81
211
18085
30
268
850
285
874
447
207
787
501
28
65
56724
Mr. Davis. Drainage Inspector:- Drains tested, 692; Nuisances, 8; Ints., 8;
Visits to Undergronnd Conveniences, 432. Total Visits, 3000.
TABLE E.—WORK OF DISTRICT INSPECTORS, 1927.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House-to-House | Special Inspections | Complaints | Infectious Diseases | Factories & 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 | 467 | 2981 | 28 | 92 | 216 | 307 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 2160 | – | 198 | 49 | 20 | 50 | 7 | 74 | 116 | – | 3 | 6862 | 794 | |
| Mr. Pitts | 539 | 1539 | 17 | 32 | 314 | 572 | 5 | 11 | 3136 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 186 | 47 | 132 | 67 | 39 | 77 | 112 | 17 | 9 | 6901 | 785 |
| Mr. Luke | 560 | – | 19 | 231 | 482 | 2356 | 2290 | 18 | 14 | 29 | — | 43 | 216 | 50 | 315 | 172 | 51 | 230 | 82 | 2 | 45 | 7205 | 578 |
| Mr. Wood | 615 | 2079 | 589 | 2763 | 19 | – | 44 | 10 | 63 | 305 | 13 | 46 | 68 | 30 | 70 | 25 | 22 | 82 | 36 | – | 1 | 6880 | 846 |
| Mr. Toll | 604 | 2309 | 674 | 276 | – | 86 | 9 | 38 | 2209 | 40 | – | 56 | 74 | 48 | 176 | 53 | 42 | 140 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 6885 | 1059 |
| Mr. Butcher | 449 | 2394 | 550 | 47 | 212 | 26 | – | 65 | 20 | 2644 | 5 | 37 | 26 | 18 | 53 | 42 | 9 | 105 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 6750 | 943 |
| Mr. Merryman | 104 | 121 | 1508 | 68 | – | 2 | 814 | 3 | 10 | 10 | – | 7 | 44 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 8 | – | – | 2776 | 172 |
| Mr. Helden | 469 | 23 | 131 | 436 | 5712 | 12 | – | – | 38 | 2026 | 1 | 18 | 38 | 31 | 85 | 28 | 54 | 58 | 2 | 4 | 9196 | 30 | 793 |
| Mr. Westbrook | – | 3226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3269 | – |
| Total | 285 | 850 | 268 | 30 | 18085 | 211 | 81 | 191 | 55 | 364 | 1753 | 3630 | 24104 | 3908 | 874 | 207 | 447 | 501 | 787 | 28 | 65 | 56724 | 5970 |