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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 145
The total number of house-to-house inspections made was
5)575) compared with 5,718 in 1907, 5,686 in 1906, 6,290 in 1905,
and 6,440 in 1904. There has been an increase in the number of
house-to-house inspections in the Putney, Streatham, Balham, and
Springfield Wards, and a decrease in Clapham North and South,
and Tooting Wards.
The decrease in house-to-house inspections which, however,
was not great, was due partly to the great amount of illness from
which members of the staff suffered during the year. This was
altogether due to Influenza, which attacked nearly every member
of the staff in one form or another. The decrease was also partly
due to the increased amount of necessary work to be carried out
by the Inspectors, and to the amount of infectious diseases that
occurred in some of the districts. At the close of the year an
additional Sanitary Inspector was appointed, and I anticipate that
during 1909 there will be an increase in the amount of house-tohouse
inspections, especially in Tooting and Streatham Wards.