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 1956

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

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Table: TABLE 2 RECORD OF VISITS

TABLE 2 RECORD OF VISITS

Notifiable Infectious Diseases301
Non-notifiable diseases4
Food Poisoning2
Complaints as to insanitary conditions2,630
Aged and Infirm persons57
Factories1,182
Mllkshops233
Other Food Premises1,631
Outworkers' houses139
Tenement houses61
Drainage work2,403
Smoke observations76
Enquiries with regard to housing2,147
Other inspections and special work2,435
Re-Inspections7,857
Total21,158

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 rooms1,643
Defective drains and choked w.c.'s133
Defective and dirty w.c.'s1,122
Defective water supply170
Defective paving76
Defective gutters and rain water pipes395
Defective roofs666
Dampness633
Defective dustbins80
Smoke Nuisances1
Other defects1.767
Total6,686