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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
Holborn 1921
Report for the year 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health
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In addition to my inspections, the Sanitary Inspectors made 23,500 varied inspections and visits as set out in the following table. Each inspection frequently covers a number of different sanitary matters.
| Inspector Bennett | Inspector Clark | Inspector Larard | Inspector Charles-worth | Inspector Shinnie | Whole Borough | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious Diseases | 115 | 157 | 156 | 115 | 84 | 627 | |
| Dwelling Houses | 116 | 297 | 104 | — | — | 517 | |
| Houses let in lodgings * | 345 | 235 | 163 | 150 | 12 | 905 | |
| Common Lodging Houses | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | 8 | |
| Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops | 40 | 89 | 45 | — | — | 174 | |
| Ice Cream—Manufacture or Storage | 51 | 42 | 186 | — | — | 279 | |
| Slaughter-house | — | 8 | — | — | — | 8 | |
| Market Streets | 343 | 73 | 444 | — | — | 860 | |
| Butchers' Shops | 458 | 30 | 366 | — | — | 854 | |
| Bakehouses | 14 | 60 | 39 | — | — | 113 | |
| Fried Fish Shops | 100 | 20 | 141 | — | — | 261 | |
| Other Food Shops | 284 | 109 | 279 | — | — • | 672 | |
| Laundries | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Rag and Bone Dealers | 208 | 11 | 75 | — | — | 294 | |
| Other Workshops | 74 | 118 | 67 | 1 | — | 260 | |
| Out-Workers' Rooms and Registers . . | 25 | 29 | 28 | 112 | — | 194 | |
| Other Workplaces | 73 | 101 | 134 | — | — | 308 | |
| Factories (excluding Bakehouses and Laundries) | 31 | 36 | 46 | 1 | — | 114 | |
| Smoke shafts | 21 | 41 | 99 | — | — | 161 | |
| Urinals | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 4 | |
| Miscellaneous | 32 | 37 | 33 | 3 | — | 105 | |
| Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act | 114 | 94 | 111 | — | — | 319 | |
| Periodical Inspections † | 1,883 | 2,104 | 3,817 | — | — | 7,804 | |
| Dust ‡ | 11 | 67 | 15 | — | — | 93 | |
| Mews | 36 | 62 | 1 | — | — | 99 | |
| Maternity | — | — | — | 344 | 349 | 693 | |
| Total Inspections | 4.374 | 3,826 | 6,355 | 726 | 445 | 15,726 | |
| No. of Re-Inspections | 1,157 | 1,386 | 715 | 247 | 37 | 3,542 | |
| Do. do. Maternity | — | — | — | 649 | 820 | 1,469 | |
| Visits other than Inspections and Re-Inspections | 515 | 831 | 716 | 20 | 16 | 2,098 | |
| Do. do. Maternity | — | — | — | 46 | 72 | 118 | |
| Maternity Centres : Attendances | — | — | — | 258 | 283 | 541 | |
| Total | 6,046 | 6,043 | 7,786 | 1,946 | 1,673 | 23,494 | |
*See also Periodical Inspections.
†The majority of these are weekly inspections of houses let in lodgings.
‡A large number of inspections respecting the removal of refuse is also made during general and periodical
inspections of houses.