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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 (Female Inspectors.)
| Inspections. | Re-Inspections. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of complaints received and attended to | 5 | ... | 5 |
| Number of visits made and premises inspected on account of:— | |||
| Puerperal Fever | 59 | 12 | 71 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 85 | 11 | 96 |
| Diarrhœa | 50 | 8 | 58 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis:— | |||
| Poor Law | 742 | 122 | 864 |
| Hospital | 601 | 57 | 658 |
| Private | 713 | 76 | 789 |
| Notification of Births | 5,500 | 105 | 5,605 |
| Dressmakers' and Milliners' premises | 543 | 6 | 549 |
| Laundries:— | |||
| Factory | 137 | 11 | 148 |
| Workshop | 283 | 31 | 314 |
| Workplace | 105 | 14 | 119 |
| Other Factories | 40 | 1 | 41 |
| Other Workshops | 91 | 3 | 94 |
| other Workplaces | 119 | 5 | 124 |
| Domestic Workshops | 44 | 2 | 46 |
| Outworkers' premises | 266 | 7 | 273 |
| Other | 296 | 3 | 299 |
| Totals | 9,679 | 474 | 10,153 |
The Tables of house-to-house inspections which follow show
the names of the streets and the number of houses inspected, the
number of houses in which defects were found, the percentage of
defects to houses inspected, as well as the number of families living
in one, two, three, and four rooms and upwards.
In 1,875 out of a total of 2,674 houses inspected, or 70.11 per
cent., sanitary defects necessitating the service of an intimation
notice were found.
The highest percentage was in Streatham Ward, where the
percentage was 90.19, and the lowest in Putney, where it was
only 41.95, the next lowest being Southfield, where it was 45.12.