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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
Wandsworth 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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DETAILS OF INSPECTIONS AND RE-INSPECTIONS, 1912.
(Male Inspectors.)
| Inspections. | Re-Inspections. | Totals. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of complaints received and attended to | 2,523 | ... | 2,523 | |
| Number of house-to-house inspections | 2,674 | ... | 2,674 | |
| Drainage and other sanitary works after notice | 3,664 | 15,330 | iS.994 | |
| Drainage and other sanitary works voluntary | 828 | 1,048 | 1,876 | |
| Number of premises inspected on account of:— | ||||
| N01 | ifiable diseases | 2,615 | 271 | 2,886 |
| Measles | 1,859 | 128 | 1,987 | |
| Whooping Cough | 954 | 3 | 957 | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 93 | 5 | 98 | |
| Other Infective Diseases | 461 | 41 | 502 | |
| Verminous conditions | 726 | 125 | 851 | |
| Periodical Inspections:— | ||||
| Houses-let-in-Lodgings | 316 | 453 | 769 | |
| Underground rooms | 130 | ... | 130 | |
| Common Lodging Houses | 13 | ... | 13 | |
| Food-places Work-places | Factories | 487 | 97 | 584 |
| Workshops | 1,158 | 88 | 1,246 | |
| Workshops (Domestic) | 324 | 51 | 375 | |
| Workplaces | 325 | 57 | 382 | |
| Outworkers' premises | 155 | 33 | 188 | |
| Bakehouses | 440 | 216 | 656 | |
| Restaurant kitchens | 228 | 16 | 244 | |
| Cowsheds | 46 | 3 | 49 | |
| Piggeries | 87 | 11 | 98 | |
| Dairies and Milkshops | 971 | 52 | 1,023 | |
| Ice Cream Premises | 493 | 49 | 542 | |
| Slaughterhouses | 323 | 6 | 329 | |
| Places where food is prepared | 149 | 24 | 173 | |
| Offensive trades | 60 | ... | 60 | |
| Fried Fish shops | 217 | 39 | 256 | |
| Rag and bone stores | 73 | 7 | 80 | |
| Butchers' shops | 604 | 14 | 618 | |
| Greengrocers' shops | 449 | 16 | 465 | |
| Fishmongers' shops | 353 | 22 | 375 | |
| Public House urinals | 373 | 23 | 396 | |
| Other sanitary conveniences, schools, &c. | 149 | 11 | 160 | |
| Smoke observations | 192 | ... | 192 | |
| Unsound food | 30 | 12 | 42 | |
| Yards of Mews and Stables | 982 | 241 | 1,223 | |
| Legal proceedings:— | ||||
| (1) Applications and summonses | 4 | ... | 4 | |
| (2) Hearings and adjournments | 31 | ... | 31 | |
| Other | 1,082 | 74 | 1,156 | |
| Totals | 26,641 | 18,566 | 45,207 | |