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Southwark 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 65.
Summary of Original Inspections, &c., made in the several Wards during the year 1914.
| Ward of District. | Complaints. Including houses in which deaths have occurred.) | House to House. | Principal Infectious Diseases. | Factories, Workshofs Workplaces and Outworkers. | Number of Original Inspections made daily. | Number of Reinspections made daily. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Inspections made. | Number of drains tested. | Number of Reinspections made. | Number of Inspections made. | Number of drains tested. | Number of Reinspections made. | Number of Inspections made. | Number of drains tested. | Number of Reinspections made. | Number of Inspections made. | Number of Reinspections made. | |||
| St. Mary (Mr.Syms, Mr. Bradshaw\ | 1291 | 154 | 2768 | 276 | 79 | 684 | 371 | 371 | 268 | 153 | 169 | 7.3 | 13.5 |
| St. Paul (Mr. Bradshaw) | 1189 | 62 | 2215 | 261 | 19 | 395 | 339 | 339 | 410 | 178 | 251 | 6.8 | 11.4 |
| St. Peter (Mr. Nicholson) | 1045 | 90 | 2053 | 554 | 9 | 1233 | 220 | 220 | 233 | 155 | 213 | 6.9 | 13.0 |
| St. John (Mr. Grist) | 1506 | 58 | 3395 | 531 | 92 | 1549 | 280 | 280 | 408 | 191 | 201 | 8.7 | 19 3 |
| Trinity (Mr. Howes) | 1280 | 210 | 3670 | 802 | 37 | 2157 | 190 | 190 | 347 | 254 | 457 | 8.8 | 23.1 |
| All Saints (Mr. Holland) | 1496 | 542 | 3871 | 302 | 203 | 905 | 222 | 222 | 556 | 82 | 207 | 7.3 | 19.3 |
| St. Michael (Mr. Jenkinson) | 1321 | 276 | 2351 | 796 | 410 | 1385 | 235 | 235 | 210 | 345 | 213 | 94 | 14.5 |
| St. Michael (Mr. Rugg) | 297 | 27 | 215 | 210 | 233 | 26 | 26 | 32 | 5 | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| St. Jude (Mr. Rugg) | 939 | 133 | 1173 | 441 | 108 | 672 | 285 | 235 | 243 | 143 | 105 | 61 | 7.6 |
| St. George /Mr. Bowers and\ | 1211 | 36 | 3125 | 737 | 45 | 2185 | 196 | 196 | 351 | 282 | 193 | 8.4 | 20.4 |
| Christchurch No. 1 (Mr. Fisher) | 6 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 41 | ||||||
| Christchurch No. 2 (Mr. Goodfellow) | 582 | 47 | 896 | 458 | 299 | 1146 | 108 | 108 | 157 | 187 | 147 | 4.6 | 8.2 |
| St. Saviour No. 1 (Mr. Fisher) | 12 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 28 | |||||
| St. Saviour No. 2 (Mr. Goodfellow) | 686 | 60 | 1009 | 643 | 569 | 1268 | 115 | 115 | 156 | 259 | 172 | 5.9 | 9'1 |
| HousesLetin Ldgs. (Miss Wilkinson) | 559 | 1229 | 1568 | 3898 | 71 | 71 | 87 | 7.6 | 18.1 | ||||
| HousesLet in Ldgs. (Male Inspectors) | 258 | 35 | 526 | 323 | 79 | 2078 | 18 | 18 | 131 | 21 | 9.5 | ||
| Women's Wkshps. (Miss Elliott) | *1821 | 2130 | 6.3 | 7.4 | |||||||||
| Bakehouses, &c. (Mr. David) | 1905 | ||||||||||||
| Slaughterhouses (Mr. Fisher) | 106 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 13678 | 1732 | 28512 | 7913 | 1954 | 19808 | 2626 | 2626 | 3589 | 6114 | 4532 | ||
Mr. Fisher supervised the wharves and landing places in the Borough, and also the Borough Market, making a large number of inspection*
during the year in relation to the food dealt with at those places.
* 397 of these were inspections of public conveniences for women.