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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
Camberwell 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS, ETC., JANUARY 1st TO DECEMBER 31st, 1925.
| Description of Work. | Inspectors. | Totals. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. Eagle. | G. W. Scudamore. | E. R. Collins. | G. G. Morley. | W. R. Farmer. | M. Malins. | H. C. Green. | R. F. Nash. | W. T. Worsfold. | D. Glenday. | A. L. Dobson. | O. W. Smart. | Miss O'Riordan. | Miss Butcher. | ||
| Visits to complaints | 249 | 269 | 304 | 310 | 151 | 168 | 379 | 263 | 477 | 470 | 245 | 218 | 15 | 5 | 3,523 |
| House inspections following on complaints | 88 | 269 | 260 | 264 | 117 | 120 | 229 | 80 | 307 | 333 | 165 | 161 | 6 | – | 2,399 |
| House-to-house inspections | 225 | 205 | 161 | 207 | 9 | 117 | 176 | 24 | 76 | 78 | 121 | 123 | 2 | – | 1,524 |
| Tenement inspections | – | 1 | 7 | – | – | 61 | – | 15 | 27 | – | 27 | 134 | 27 | – | 299 |
| Houses let in lodgings inspections | – | – | – | – | – | 186 | – | – | – | 42 | – | – | – | – | 228 |
| Housing and Town Planning inspections | – | – | – | – | – | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 172 |
| Visits to new buildings | 308 | 77 | 829 | 416 | 38 | 27 | 18 | 222 | 13 | 70 | 1 | – | – | – | 2,019 |
| Visits re overcrowding | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 16 | – | – | 5 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 19 | – | 73 |
| Slaughterhouses | 19 | 16 | 22 | – | 2 | 6 | 15 | 59 | – | 7 | 133 | 1 | – | – | 280 |
| Bakehouses | 24 | 66 | 51 | 82 | 8 | 33 | 42 | 6 | 16 | 49 | 30 | 14 | – | – | 421 |
| Cowhouses | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Milkshops and dairies | 140 | 203 | 80 | 116 | 86 | 105 | 155 | 83 | 136 | 129 | 148 | 81 | – | – | 1,462 |
| Eating houses | 11 | 39 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 24 | – | – | 225 |
| Ice cream shops and stalls | 23 | 17 | 48 | 87 | – | 35 | 40 | 37 | 48 | 276 | 28 | 42 | – | – | 681 |
| Railway stations | 1 | 7 | 69 | 93 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 171 |
| Workshops | 46 | 88 | 33 | 59 | 22 | 116 | 78 | 34 | 98 | 100 | 83 | 64 | 196 | 197 | 1,214 |
| Factories | 14 | 60 | 20 | 27 | 6 | 60 | 57 | 33 | 85 | 78 | 53 | 30 | 180 | 79 | 782 |
| Offensive Trade Premises—Visits | – | 8 | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 3 | – | – | 29 |
| Urinals, public | 77 | 28 | 37 | 8 | – | 67 | 53 | 63 | 49 | 28 | 12 | 19 | 124 | 66 | 631 |
| Do. private | 223 | 168 | 176 | 388 | 205 | 166 | 207 | 113 | 142 | 476 | 313 | 155 | – | – | 2,732 |
| Re-inspections | 3,205 | 3,209 | 3,974 | 3,847 | 1,199 | 2,648 | 3,385 | 2,158 | 2,647 | 3,474 | 2,477 | 2,145 | 139 | 15 | 34,522 |
| Miscellaneous | 248 | 74 | 270 | 206 | 15 | 457 | 198 | 311 | 132 | 234 | 100 | 99 | 1,052 | 178 | 3,574 |
| Infectious cases visited and houses inspected | 133 | 103 | 146 | 154 | 41 | 163 | 251 | 144 | 178 | 269 | 155 | 162 | 23 | 27 | 1,949 |
| Infectious cases, inquiries | 22 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 42 | 30 | 25 | 105 | 26 | 43 | 24 | 943 | 440 | 1,782 |
| Infectious disease contacts visited | 42 | 12 | 121 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 31 | 58 | 24 | 42 | – | – | 401 |
| Inspection of foodstuffs | 61 | 176 | 37 | 48 | 38 | 169 | 250 | 3,320 | 229 | 761 | 365 | 125 | – | – | 5,579 |
| Smoke observations | 17 | 18 | – | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 53 | 2 | 8 | – | – | 114 |
| Schools, private | – | 3 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 37 | 111 | 180 |
| Outworkers visited | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 599 | 1,360 | 1,959 |
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,079 | 478 | 1,557 |
| Scabies | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| Ophth. Neonm. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 68 | 26 | 94 |
| Verms. Cplts., visits | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 35 | 21 | 56 |
| Fish curers' premises | – | 14 | 4 | 15 | – | 16 | – | – | 7 | 6 | 22 | 14 | – | – | 98 |
| Rag and bone dealers' premises | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 9 | – | – | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | – | 36 |
| Total number of visits | 5,179 | 5,149 | 6,694 | 6,407 | 1,965 | 4,994 | 5,605 | 7,039 | 4,826 | 7,062 | 4,611 | 3,691 | 4,556 | 3,010 | 70,788 |
| Seizures of foodstuffs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Smoke nuisances | 4 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | – | 11 |
| Drains, total reconstruction | 6 | – | 1 | 10 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 9 | 12 | 4 | – | – | 49 |
| Do. partial reconstruction | 20 | 12 | 44 | 1 | – | 20 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 152 |
| Intimations | 425 | 363 | 413 | 479 | 119 | 514 | 451 | 289 | 388 | 623 | 449 | 453 | 102 | 8 | 5,076 |
| Statutory notices, Public Health | 134 | 136 | 217 | 182 | 36 | 183 | 145 | 46 | 180 | 144 | 51 | 96 | 5 | – | 1,555 |
| Notices, Section 3, Housing Act, 1925 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Do. Section 5 do. do. | – | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | – | 6 | 2 | – | – | 28 |
| Intimations, houses let in lodgings | – | – | – | – | – | 187 | – | – | – | 21 | – | – | – | – | 208 |
| Notices, houses let in lodgings | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | – | – | – | 36 | – | – | – | – | 68 |