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
Southwark 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Ward or District. | Complaints. Including houses in which deaths have occurred.) | House to House. | Principal Infectious Diseases. | Factories, Workshops 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. Bradshaw and Mr. Radford) | 706 | 33 | 1446 | 206 | ... | 678 | 220 | 100 | 303 | 75 | 51 | 4.2 | 8.6 |
| St. Paul (Mr. Bradshaw) | 719 | 18 | 1752 | 398 | ... | 840 | 135 | 32 | 287 | 35 | 83 | 4.4 | 10.3 |
| St. Peter (Mr. Nicholson) | 598 | 2 | 1687 | 653 | ... | 1285 | 134 | 10 | 223 | 41 | 81 | 5.0 | 1l.4 |
| St. John (Mr. Grist) | 1195 | 10 | 2973 | 565 | 3 | 1521 | 198 | 46 | 235 | 88 | 44 | 7.1 | 16.6 |
| Trinity (Mr, Jenkinson and Mr. Rugg) | 639 | 25 | 1573 | 356 | 6 | 962 | 101 | 43 | 122 | 129 | 95 | 4.2 | 9.6 |
| All Saints (Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Johnston and Mr. Grist) | 760 | 5 | 2462 | 373 | 2 | 1168 | 128 | 14 | 349 | 13 | 22 | 4.4 | 13.9 |
| St. Michael (Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Perry and Mr. Rugg) | 504 | 38 | 1529 | 515 | 1 | 826 | 178 | 55 | 166 | 133 | 250 | 4.6 | 9.6 |
| St. Michael (Mr. Rugg and Mr. Perry) | 115 | 2 | 96 | 83 | ... | 99 | 55 | 5 | 41 | ... | ... | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| St. Jude (Mr. Weatheritt and Mr. Rugg) | 340 | 8 | 817 | 176 | ... | 404 | 119 | 42 | 206 | 58 | 77 | 2.4 | 5.2 |
| St. George (Mr. Jenkinson) | 585 | 48 | 1517 | 617 | 71 | 2248 | 187 | 140 | 288 | 85 | 102 | 5.1 | 14.4 |
| Christchurch No. 1 (Mr. Fisher) | ... | 1 | 7 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Christchurch No. 2 (Mr. Goodfellow) | 292 | 4 | 919 | 576 | ... | 1345 | 70 | 54 | 134 | 168 | 243 | 4.0 | 9.2 |
| St. Saviour No. 1 (Mr. Fisher) | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| St. Saviour No. 2 (Mr. Goodfellow) | 279 | 9 | 696 | 705 | 2 | 1383 | 75 | 58 | 76 | 148 | 274 | 4.2 | 8.4 |
| HousesLetin Ldgs. (Miss Wilkinson) | 294 | 460 | 1211 | ... | 3871 | 52 | ... | 63 | ... | ... | 5.4 | 15.3 | |
| Houses Let in Ldgs. (Miss Wilkinson) | 197 | 569 | 553 | ... | 1863 | 26 | ... | 45 | ... | ... | 2.7 | 8.6 | |
| Women's Wkshps. (Miss Elliott) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | *2135 | 2722 | 7.4 | 9.4 | ||
| Bakehouses, &c. (Mr. David) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1851 | ... | 6.4 | ... | |||
| Slaughterhouses (Mr. Fisher) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 57 | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Total | 7225 | 203 | 18499 | 6994 | 85 | 18494 | 1678 | 599 | 2538 | 5016 | 4044 | ... | ... |
Mr. Fisher supervised the wharves and landing places in the Borough, and also Borough Market, making a large number of inspections
during the year in relation to the food dealt with at those places.
* 398 of these were inspections of public conveniences for women.