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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 1927
[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. Syms) | 1041 | 11 | 2857 | 436 | ... | 1676 | 128 | 15 | 199 | 246 | 81 | 7.6 | 19.6 |
| St. Paul (Mr. Hattersley and Mr. Mayhew) | 626 | 55 | 2196 | 391 | 1 | 1620 | 77 | 46 | 128 | 134 | 25 | 5.0 | 15.9 |
| St. Peter (Mr. Banham) | 465 | 17 | 1535 | 529 | ... | 1181 | 98 | 42 | 201 | 121 | 46 | 4.8 | 11.7 |
| St. John (Mr. White) | 732 | 21 | 2008 | 467 | 1 | 1097 | 132 | 51 | 198 | 130 | 61 | 5.8 | 12.6 |
| Trinity (Mr. Findley) | 634 | 8 | 2458 | 148 | ... | 443 | 127 | 39 | 303 | 231 | 190 | 5.3 | 15.6 |
| All Saints (Mr. Steele) | 692 | 13 | 2345 | 552 | 2 | 1518 | 119 | 100 | 155 | 92 | 120 | 5.8 | 16.7 |
| St. Michael (Mr. Mayhew and Mr. Hattersley) | 618 | 20 | 2239 | 355 | 16 | 1256 | 133 | 82 | 256 | 350 | 270 | 6.2 | 15.7 |
| St. Michael (Mr. Mayhew and Mr. Hattersley) | 31 | 8 | 89 | ... | ... | 1 | 24 | 18 | 17 | ... | 1 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| St. Jude (Mr. Bryant) | 638 | 40 | 2606 | 355 | 6 | 1215 | 111 | 86 | 262 | 254 | 227 | 5.4 | 18.3 |
| St. George (Mr. Ede) | 823 | 35 | 2875 | 301 | 1 | 612 | 153 | 82 | 237 | 170 | 49 | 6.1 | 16.7 |
| Christchurch No. 1 (Mr. Fisher and Mr. Duffield) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Christchurch No. 2 (Mr. Bowers) | 201 | 35 | 759 | 329 | ... | 828 | 44 | 35 | 78 | 184 | 83 | 3.2 | 7.5 |
| St. Saviour No. 1 (Mr. Fisher and Mr. Duffield) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| St. Saviour No. 2 (Mr. Bowers) | 157 | 49 | 779 | 347 | ... | 736 | 67 | 54 | 79 | 259 | 79 | 3.2 | 7.0 |
| Women's Wkshps. (Miss Burrows) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | *2538 | 998 | 8.8 | 3.5 |
| Bakehouses, &c Mr. Nicholson) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2350 | ... | ... | ... |
| Slaughterhouses . (Mr. Fisher and Mr. Duffield) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 88 | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | 6658 | 312 | 22744 | 4210 | 27 | 12183 | 1213 | 650 | 2113 | 7147 | 2230 | ... | ... |
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.
* 1,836 of these were inspections of public conveniences for women.