London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

Bethnal Green 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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Table: RECORD OF VISITS

RECORD OF VISITS

Notifiable Infectious Diseases736
Non-notifiable diseases14
Food Poisoning7
Complaints as to Insanitary conditions2,502
Aged and Infirm persons76
Factories583
Milkshops598
Other food promises2,056
Outworkers' houses184
Tenement houses78
Drainage work2,022
Smoke observations55
Enquiries with regard to housing2,402
Other inspections and special work2,265
Re-Inspections7,496
Total21,074

Table: TABLE 3 SANITARY DEFECTS IN CONNECTION WITH WHICH NOTICES WERE SERVED

TABLE 3 SANITARY DEFECTS IN CONNECTION WITH WHICH NOTICES WERE SERVED

Dirty and/or dilapidated rooms1,808
Defective drains and choked w.c.'s206
Defective and dirty w.c.'s1,007
Defective water supply82
Defective paving68
Defective gutters and rain water pipes378
Defective roofs718
Dampness803
Defective dustbins111
Smoke Nuisances9
Other defects2,413
Total7,603