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
City of Westminster 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| Council. | Sent from Westminster. | Received by Westminster. | Council. | Sent from Westminster. | Received by Westminster. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | ||
| Acton | 15 | 15 | . | . | Islington | 68 | 85 | 2 | 3 |
| Barnes | 3 | 3 | . | — | Kenley | 1 | — | — | — |
| Barnet | — | 1 | - | — | Kensington.. | 45 | 57 | 44 | 30 |
| Battersea | 69 | 79 | 1 | — | Kingston.on.Thames | 1 | 1 | . | — |
| Beckenham | 2 | — | -. | — | Lambeth | 92 | 92 | 2 | — |
| Bedfont | 1 | 1 | . | — | Langley | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Bedford | 1 | 1 | . | — | Lewisham | 11 | 14 | 2 | 2 |
| Bermondsey | 7 | 3 | . | — | Leyton | 9 | 7 | — | — |
| Betch worth | 1 | — | . | — | London, City | 18 | 16 | 32 | 33 |
| Bethnal Green | 14 | 11 | . | — | Luton | 3 | 2 | . | . |
| Billingshurst | 1 | 1 | . | — | Merton | 2 | 1 | . | — |
| Brighton . | — | 1 | . | — | Molesey | 1 | 1 | . | — |
| Broadstairs | 1 | 1 | . | — | Newbury | 1 | 1 | . | — |
| Camberwell | 40 | 38 | 1 | — | New Maiden | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Cambridge | 1 | 1 | . | — | Newquay | — | 1 | . | — |
| Charlton Kings | 1 | 1 | . | — | Northampton | 5 | 7 | . | — |
| Chelsea | 9 | 13 | 38 | 39 | Northleigh | .1 | — | . | . |
| Chichester | 1 | — | — | — | Paddington.. | 96 | 84 | 12 | 4 |
| Chiswick | 4 | 4 | — | — | Penge | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| Croydon | 6 | 10 | — | — | Perth | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Deptford | 4 | 5 | — | — | Ponder's End | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ealing | 6 | 8 | — | — | Poplar | 4 | 6 | — | — |
| East Ham | 1 | 2 | — | — | Radlett | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Edinburgh | — | 1 | — | — | Red hill | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Edmonton | 3 | 3 | — | — | St. Marylebone | 728 | 757 | 51 | 53 |
| Enfield | 1 | 1 | — | — | St. Pancras | 349 | 402 | 3 | 3 |
| Farnborough | 2 | 1 | — | — | Shoreditch | 12 | 16 | 1 | — |
| Finchley.. | 3 | 5 | — | — | Southall | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Finsbury | 15 | 19 | 2 | 5 | Southend | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Frampton. | Southgate | 2 | 2 | — | — | ||||
| Catterell | 1 | 1 | — | — | Southwark | 43 | 53 | — | — |
| Fulham .. | 50 | 41 | — | — | Stepney | 110 | 134 | — | — |
| Godalming | — | 1 | — | — | Stoke Newington | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Greenwich | — | 1 | — | — | Tottenham | 8 | 11 | — | — |
| Hackney | 24 | 27 | 2 | 1 | Twickenham | — | 1 | — | — |
| Hammersmith | 59 | 56 | — | — | Walthamstow | 3 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Hampstead | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | Wandsworth | 70 | 66 | 1 | 1 |
| Hanwell | 2 | 2 | — | — | Wantage | 1 | — | — | — |
| Harpenden | — | 1 | — | — | Wealdstone | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Harrow | 2 | 1 | — | — | Wembley | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Hawich | — | 1 | — | — | West Ham | 8 | 6 | — | . |
| Hendon | — | 2 | — | — | Wigan | — | — | — | 1 |
| Holborn | 106 | 112 | 28 | 29 | Willesden | 63 | 66 | — | — |
| Hornsey | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Wimbledon | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Horsham | 1 | — | — | — | Woodford | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Hounslow | — | 1 | — | — | Woolwich | 1 | 2 | 7 | . |
| Ilford | 2 | 1 | . | . | |||||
| Isle of Wight | . | 1 | — | — | 2,253 | 2,410 | 234 | 209 | |
Workers are frequently in the employ of several firms, so that
the number of names (2,150) returned as resident in the City does
not necessarily coincide with the actual number of workers, this is
found to be 1,881, being 56 more than in the previous year. All those
living in Westminster were visited, and the sanitary condition, not only
of the rooms occupied, but of the whole house, was inquired into. The
actual number of houses in which outwork was being done was 979,