Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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WORK OF WOMEN SANITARY INSPECTORS.
The following is a summary of investigations or inspections carried out by the Women Sanitary Inspectors during 1914:—
Miss Jones. | Miss Barke. | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
16 | 25 | 41 | |
„ School Notifications | 152 | 555 | 707 |
„ Measles | 130 | 21 | 151 |
„ Measles deaths | 2 | — | 2 |
„ Chicken-pox | — | — | — |
„ Puerperal fever | 4 | 6 | 10 |
„ Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 12 | 18 |
„ Polio-Myelitis | — | — | — |
„ Phthisis homes | — | — | — |
,, Phthisis deaths | — .. | 2 | 2 |
„ Birth notifications | 852 | 977 | 1829 |
,, Infant mortality | 72 | 46 | 118 |
On complaint | 30 | 23 | 53 |
To Factories | 14 | 28 | 42 |
,, Workshops | 223 | 175 | 398 |
„ Workplaces | 44 | 23 | 67 |
,, Laundries | 49 | 82 | 131 |
„ Outworkers' homes | 172 | 185 | 357 |
Re-visits and re-inspections | 310 | 250 | 560 |
Miscellaneous visits | 51 | 37 | 88 |
Total | 2127 | 2447 | 4574 |
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Nuisances found | 142 | 94 | 236 |
Intimations served | 87 | 68 | 155 |
Statutory notices served | 13 | 5 | 18 |
Abstract not affixed | 7 | 4 | 11 |
Overcrowded workrooms | 1 | 3 | 4 |