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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
City of Westminster 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Statement of the principal items of the work of your Sanitary Inspectors.
| Particulars of Matters dealt with. | Insp. Aris. | Insp. Dee. | Insp. Folland. | Insp. Martinson. | Insp. Sanderson. | Insp. Taylor. | Insp. Ware. | Insp. Whipp. | Insp. Carey (South District). | Insp. Dick (North District). | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notices issued (preliminary) | 35 | 33 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 21 | 45 | 38 | 67 | 315 |
| Do. (statutory) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 32 |
| Complaints received and dealt with | 16 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 3 | — | 74 |
| Houses inspected:— (a) On complaint, etc. | 16 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 77 |
| (b) House to House inspection | 99 | — | 42 | 87 | 75 | 30 | 30 | 51 | 70 | 33 | 517 |
| Houses re-inspected | 223 | — | 251 | 152 | 247 | 208 | 353 | 35o | 108 | 48 | 1,940 |
| Do. (registered) visited | 270 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 25 | 10 | 311 |
| Do. do. No. of | |||||||||||
| notices issued:— | 1 | —_ | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 5 |
| 18 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 17 | 4 | 47 | |
| Visitsre Infectious Disease | 32 | — | 4 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | — | — | 84 |
| Do. Consumption,Measles &c. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 1 | 26 |
| Do. Infantile Deaths | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 4 | 29 |
| Trade Sup ervision. | |||||||||||
| Complaints received | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 8 | — | — | 10 |
| Factories inspected | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 |
| Do. re-inspected | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Defects found | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Workshops and workplaces inspected | _ | 98 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 46 | 20 | 145 | 331 |
| Do. re-inspected | — | 146 | 1 | — | 28 | — | — | 33 | 15 | 54 | 277 |
| Defects found | — | 62 | — | — | 5 | 6 | 4 | 60 | 7 | 73 | 217 |
| Workrooms measured | — | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | 114 |
| Workshops without Abstracts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 32 | |
| Nature of Defects found— Want of Cleanliness | — | 22 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 13 | — | 23 | 62 |
| Do. Ventilation | — | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| Do. do. of Gas stoves | 4 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 20 | 32 | ||
| Want of Drainage of Floors | —- | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Sanitary Accommodation— Insufficient | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Unsuitable | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 10 |
| Defective | — | 13 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 15 | 1 | 7 | 37 |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 10 | 13 |
| Other defects | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 29 | — | 3 | 45 |
| Visits of Enquiry re Employment of Women | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| Do. to Outworkers' premises | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 172 | 185 |
| Defects found | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 35 |
| Visits of Enquiry re Outworkers | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 |