Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1926
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GENERAL SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
| Nature of Visit | Inspector— | G. . Brighting. | J. H. Hewitt. | G. E. Gould. | F. T. Bare. | W. H. Heron. | I. R. Jones. | A. S. Henley. | J. G. Weeks. | W. Billings. | E. J. Jenkins. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | .. | A | B | C | D | E | F | Food | Food | H.to H. | W'shps | |
| Infectious Disease | .. | 210 | 210 | 257 | 125 | 312 | 287 | .. | .. | 37 | 7 | 1445 |
| Complaints | .. | 1289 | 735 | 633 | 902 | 824 | 685 | .. | .. | 60 | 149 | 5227 |
| House to House Inspections | .. | .. | 22 | 139 | .. | 65 | 20 | .. | .. | 768 | .. | 1014 |
| Milkshop Inspections | .. | 61 | 68 | 157 | 160 | 141 | 64 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 652 |
| Other Pood Premises | .. | 44 | 107 | 167 | 150 | 62 | 85 | 515 | .. | 8 | .. | 1138 |
| Factory and Workshop Inspections | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | .. | 31 | .. | .. | 6 | 2200 | 2251 |
| Outworkers' Home Inspections | .. | 406 | 360 | 161 | 79 | 190 | 283 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1481 |
| Tenement House Inspections | .. | 38 | 2 | 149 | 151 | 29 | 50 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 421 |
| New Buildings Inspections | .. | .. | .. | 26 | .. | .. | 36 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 69 |
| Combined Drainage Inspections | .. | .. | 166 | 233 | .. | 59 | 293 | .. | .. | 205 | 1 | 957 |
| Smoke Nuisances Premises under Observation | .. | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| Other Inspections or Special Work | 447 | 602 | 782 | 272 | 1102 | 924 | 155 | 2 | 304 | 116 | 4706 | |
| Re-Inspections | .. | 3851 | 3520 | 3120 | 4602 | 3079 | 3082 | 65 | .. | 3304 | 2907 | 27530 |
| Total Visits for the Year | .. | 6299 | 5795 | 5831 | 6458 | 5863 | 5841 | 735 | 2 | 4700 | 5385 | 46909 |
| Unsound Food Seizures or Surrenders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 29 | 5 | .. | 51 |
| Samples of Food, etc., taken | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 39 | 681 | .. | 13 | 736 |
| Police Court Attendances | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 72 | 23 | 17 | 128 |
| Premises where Nuisances Abated | .. | 1117 | 1087 | 987 | 1279 | 1098 | 1276 | 50 | .. | 569 | 965 | 8428 |
| Premises where Matters Outstanding | .. | 67 | 44 | 76 | 72 | 95 | 69 | .. | .. | 100 | 70 | 593 |