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

Holborn 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: TABLE V. Sanitary Inspectors' Work.—Inspections, &c.

TABLE V. Sanitary Inspectors' Work.—Inspections, &c.

Inspector Bennett.Inspector Clark.Inspector Larard.Inspector Orange.Whole Borough.
Inspections.Infectious Diseases7111881250620
Dwelling Houses19737816994838
Lodging Houses389227238144998
Common Lodging Houses31830—51
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops171239349—759
Ice Cream—Manufacture or Storage29888—125
Slaughter-house—11——11
Market Streets34568438—851
Butchers' Shops554205286—1,045
Bakehouses529877—227
Other Food Shops2631544472866
Laundries311712
Other Workshops12812795136486
Out-Workers' Roomsand Registers28347061193
Workplaces5047992198
Factories (excluding Bakehouses and Laundries)369552102
Schools—————
Smoke shafts17589—111
Urinals19010—101
Miscellaneous15137107—295
Periodical Inspections11,6591,9831,898905,630
Dust†7315456—283
Mews213116—149
Maternity———566566
Total Inspections4,2224,1424,6991,35414,417
No. of Re-Inspections1,3531,6608015476,053
Do. do. Maternity———1,686
Visits other than Inspections and Re-Inspectious4798449152912,738
Do. do. Maternity——209
Total6,0546,6526,4154,08723,208

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* The majority of these are weekly inspections of Registered Lodging Houses,
† A large number of inspections respecting the removal of Refuse is also made during
General and Periodical Inspections of houses.