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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 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VIII. Sanitary Inspectors' Work.—Inspections, &c.
| Inspector Bennett. | Inspector Clark. | Inspector Larard. | Inspector Orange. | Inspector Charles-worth. | Inspector Shinnie & Temporary Inspector | Whole Boro' | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Infectious Diseases | 70 | 34 | 139 | 15 | 117 | 68 | 443 |
| Dwelling Houses | 90 | 148 | 101 | 26 | 3 | — | 368 | |
| Lodging Houses | 366 | 69 | 235 | 248 | 115 | — | 1.033 | |
| Common Lodging Houses | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops | 1 | 47 | 27 | — | — | — | 75 | |
| Ice Cream—Manufacture or Storage | — | — | 50 | — | — | — | 50 | |
| Slaughter-house | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Market Streets | 3m | 34 | 467 | — | — | — | 815 | |
| Butchers' Shops | 487 | 6 | 308 | — | — | — | 801 | |
| Bakehouses | 20 | 49 | 30 | — | — | — | 99 | |
| Other Food Shops | 498 | 73 | 440 | — | — | — | 1,011 | |
| Laundries | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Other Workshops | 29 | 39 | 60 | 13 | 7 | — | 148 | |
| Out-Workers' Rooms and Registers | — | — | 28 | 7 | — | — | 35 | |
| Other Workplaces | 26 | 24 | 16 | — | — | — | 66 | |
| Factories (excluding Bakehouses and Laundries) | 10 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 1 | — | 46 | |
| Smoke shafts | 3 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | 11 | |
| Urinals | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Miscellaneous | 251 | 60 | 107 | — | — | — | 418 | |
| † | Periodical Inspections | 1,900 | 535 | 3,815 | 72 | — | — | 6,322 |
| ‡ | Dust | 51 | 10 | 19 | — | — | — | 80 |
| Mews | 74 | 7 | 14 | — | — | — | 95 | |
| Maternity | — | — | — | 130 | 175 | 151 | 456 | |
| Total Inspections | 4,190 | 1,155 | 5,884 | 512 | 418 | 219 | 12,378 | |
| No. of Re-Inspections | 1,158 | 711 | 1,053 | 315 | 151 | — | 3,388 | |
| Do. do. Maternity | — | — | — | 587 | 1,037 | 651 | 2.275 | |
| Visits other than Inspections and Re-Inspections | 439 | 328 | 594 | 87 | 24 | — | 1,472 | |
| Do. do. Maternity | — | — | — | 44 | 188 | 115 | 347 | |
| Maternity Centres: Attendances | — | — | — | 71 | 161 | 112 | 344 | |
| Food Control—Visits and Inspections | 302 | — | 268 | — | — | — | 570 | |
| Total | 6,089 | 2,194 | 7,799 | 1,616 | 1,979 | 1,097 | 20,774 | |
•See also Periodical Inspections.
TThe 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.