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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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RETURN OF WORK FOR THE FIFTY-TWO WEEKS ENDED DECEMBER 31st, 1927—continued.
| Description of Work. | Inspections. | Totals. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G. W. Scudamore. | E. R. Collins. | G. G. Morley. | M. Malins. | H. C. Green. | R. F. Nash. | W. T. Worsfold. | D. Glenday. | A. L. Dobson. | D. H. Pickard. | L. W. Burrell. | W. Eagle. (Retired). | H. W. Leonard (Resigned). | Misa O'Riordan. | Mrs. Scudamore. | |||
| Schools, private | 5 | 15 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 43 | 91 | 156 | |
| Urinals, public | 48 | 46 | – | 69 | 74 | 81 | 71 | 37 | 44 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 149 | 70 | 766 | |
| Urinals, private | 158 | 177 | 369 | 114 | 194 | 94 | 176 | 565 | 457 | 471 | 247 | 14 | 25 | – | – | 3,061 | |
| Vermin | – | 5 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 14 | – | 1 | – | – | 42 | 14 | 84 | |
| Scabies | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 42 | 11 | 56 | |
| Re-inspections | 98 | 33 | 252 | 132 | 58 | 197 | 496 | 6 | 101 | 178 | – | – | 4 | – | – | 1,555 | |
| Infectious disease inquiries | 12 | 11 | 31 | 20 | 42 | 8 | 110 | 25 | 37 | 27 | 63 | 1 | 20 | 98 | 81 | 586 | |
| Infectious disease contacts—visits to | 16 | 15 | 41 | 1 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 20 | 25 | 11 | – | – | – | 162 | 97 | 429 | |
| Inspections not defined | 109 | 174 | 121 | 137 | 194 | 90 | 179 | 266 | 117 | 121 | 49 | 15 | 78 | 958 | 135 | 2,743 | |
| Diphtheria | Infectious Disease Cases visited | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | |
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 226 | 70 | 296 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 54 | 6 | 60 | |
| Puerperal fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Puerperal pyrexia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Pneumonia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 210 | 121 | 331 | |
| Other Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 266 | 19 | 285 | |
| Re-inspections—Women Inspectors | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 348 | 14 | 362 | |
| Cowhouses | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | |
| Housing and Town Planning inspections | – | – | – | – | – | 89 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 90 | |
| Total number of visits | 4,421 | 6,269 | 6,379 | 5,589 | 6,328 | 6,167 | 6,404 | 6,943 | 7,172 | 6,599 | 3,345 | 452 | 1,074 | 4,123 | 2,646 | 73,911 | |
| Total number of houses repaired | 171 | 315 | 310 | 387 | 403 | 148 | 474 | 519 | 721 | 562 | 157 | 59 | 55 | – | – | 4,281 | |
| Number of house drains tested | 151 | 249 | 103 | 298 | 284 | 86 | 310 | 295 | 226 | 292 | 161 | 14 | 22 | 9 | – | 2,500 | |
| Number of house drains tested and found defective | 36 | 77 | 8 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 45 | 3 | 18 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | 259 | |
| Number of house drains partially reconstructed | 2 | 102 | 27 | 33 | 36 | 15 | 47 | 13 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 7 | – | – | 335 | |
| Number of house drains totally reconstructed | 1 | 34 | 28 | 12 | 33 | 24 | 14 | – | 16 | 12 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 177 | |
| Number of house drains constructed (new houses) | – | 34 | 11 | – | 16 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 10 | – | – | – | 74 | |
| Number of house drains constructed (business premises) | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 52 | |
| Food seizures | – | – | – | – | – | 36 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 39 | |
| Food surrendered | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | |
| Meat condemned | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | |
| House repairs—Sec. 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (a) By owners | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
| (b) By Local Authority in default | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Houses demolished | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 12 | 2 | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | |
| Number of houses converted into business premises | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
| Number of dwelling houses converted into flats | 4 | 24 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | |
| Jobs completed without service of notice | 15 | 123 | 26 | 51 | 38 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 69 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 449 | |
| Number of intimations | 290 | 316 | 374 | 687 | 523 | 332 | 677 | 592 | 738 | 770 | 303 | 19 | 49 | 98 | 24 | 5,792 | |
| Number of Statuory Notices | 70 | 145 | 104 | 270 | 254 | 89 | 216 | 219 | 280 | 273 | 42 | 15 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 2,014 | |
| Number of carcases inspected | – | – | – | 34 | 61 | 705 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 804 | |