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Southwark 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 14 8ummary of Original Inspections, &o., made in the several Wards during the year 1925.
| 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. Syms) | 995 | 15 | 1785 | 552 | 6 | 1291 | 422 | 126 | 587 | 206 | 51 | 7.6 | 13.0 |
| St. Paul (Mr. Hattersley) | 670 | 32 | 1566 | 530 | 1 | 2410 | 323 | 129 | 402 | 210 | 35 | 61 | 15.4 |
| St. Peter (Mr. Banham) | 366 | 13 | 976 | 866 | 1 | 1262 | 332 | 58 | 233 | 145 | 61 | 6.0 | 8.9 |
| St. John (Mr. Pickard) | 599 | 13 | 1484 | 564 | 5 | 1157 | 538 | 85 | 432 | 287 | 102 | 7.0 | 11.1 |
| Trinity (Mr. Findley) | 567 | 24 | 2101 | 361 | 4 | 1432 | 291 | 63 | 473 | 280 | 339 | 5.2 | 15.2 |
| All Saints (Mr. Steele) | 566 | 12 | 1885 | 853 | 5 | 1948 | 381 | 106 | 376 | 105 | 105 | 6.7 | 15.1 |
| St. Michael (Mr. Mayhew) | 685 | 37 | 1387 | ... | ... | 71 | 327 | 131 | 283 | 182 | 90 | 4.2 | 6.4 |
| St. Michael (Mr. Mayhew) | 65 | 7 | 33 | 23 | ... | 19 | 53 | 20 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.2 | ||
| St. Jude (Mr. Mayhew and Mr. Bryant) | 473 | 40 | 1030 | 34 | ... | 5 | 257 | 80 | 391 | 143 | 58 | 3.2 | 5.2 |
| St. George (Mr. Ede) | 575 | 94 | 1443 | 895 | 13 | 2037 | 319 | 153 | 319 | 221 | 98 | 7.0 | 13.6 |
| Christchurch No. 1 (Mr. Fisher and Mr. Duffield) | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
| C hristchurch No. 2 (Mr. Bowers) | 210 | 6 | 520 | 234 | ... | 580 | 204 | 110 | 379 | 197 | 123 | 3.0 | 5.6 |
| St. Saviour No. 1 (Mr. Fisher and Mr. Duffield) | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... |
| St. Saviour No. 2 (Mr. Bowers) | 152 | ... | 359 | 485 | 2 | 629 | 158 | 92 | 124 | 223 | 90 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| HousesLetin Ldgs. | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. | ... | ... | ... |
| HoiisesLetinLilirs. | 2 | ... | 13 | 34 | ... | 207 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.1 | ... |
| Women's Wkshps. (Miss Burrows) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2564 | 1449 | 9.0 | 5.1 |
| Bakehouses, &c. Mr. Nicholson) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2624 | ... | ... | ... |
| Slaughterhouses (Mr. Fisher and Mr. Duffield) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 39 | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | 5925 | 293 | 14593 | 5431 | 37 | 13048 | 3605 | 1153 | 4012 | 7426 | 2606 | ... | ... |
Mr. Fisher supervised the wharves and landing places in the Borough and also the Borough Market, making a large number of inspections
during the year in relation to the food dealt with at those places.
* 1,352 of these were inspections of public conveniences for women.