Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 203
DETAILS OF INSPECTIONS AND RE-INSPECTIONS, 1913 (Male Inspectors.)
Inspections. | Re-Inspections. | Totals. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of complaints received and attended to | 2,383 | ... | 2,383 | |
Number of house-to-house inspections | 2,739 | ... | 2,739 | |
Drainage and other sanitary works after notice | 3,576 | 14,121 | 17,697 | |
Drainage and other sanitary works voluntary | 819 | 926 | 1,745 | |
Number of premises inspected on account of :— | ||||
Notifiable diseases | 2,866 | 212 | 3,078 | |
Measles | 2,071 | 93 | 2,164 | |
Whooping Cough | 499 | 4 | 503 | |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 53 | 1 | 54 | |
Other Infective Diseases | 424 | 4 | 428 | |
Verminous conditions | 615 | 139 | 754 | |
Periodical Inspections :— | ||||
Houses-let-in-Lodgings | 352 | 578 | 930 | |
Underground rooms | 3 | ... | 3 | |
Common Lodging Houses | 15 | 3 | 18 | |
Food-places Work-places | Factories | 435 | 79 | 5.4 |
Workshops | 949 | 108 | 1,057 | |
Workshops (Domestic) | 296 | 53 | 349 | |
Workplaces | 212 | 42 | 254 | |
Outworkers' premises | 146 | 32 | 178 | |
Bakehouses | 431 | 234 | 665 | |
Restaurant kitchens | 261 | 91 | 352 | |
Cowsheds | 46 | 1 | 47 | |
Piggeries | 51 | 1 | 52 | |
Dairies and Milkshops | 958 | 41 | 999 | |
Ice Cream Premises | 481 | 47 | 528 | |
Slaughterhouses | 318 | 5 | 323 | |
Places where food is prepared | 85 | 4 | 89 | |
Offensive trades | 63 | 1 | 64 | |
Fried Fish shops | 205 | 26 | 231 | |
Rag and bone stores | 168 | 19 | 187 | |
Butchers' shops | 523 | 5 | 528 | |
Greengrocers' shops | 492 | 5 | 497 | |
Fishmongers' shops | 361 | 3 | 364 | |
Public House urinals | 449 | 19 | 468 | |
Other sanitary conveniences, schools, &c. | 145 | ... | 145 | |
Smoke observations | 417 | ... | 417 | |
Unsound food | 22 | 1 | ||
Yards of Mews and Stables | 1,220 | 89 | 1,309 | |
Legal proceedings :— | ||||
(1) Applications and summonses | 21 | ... | 21 | |
(2) Hearings and adjournments | 18 | ... | 18 | |
Other | 1,007 | 59 | 1,066 | |
Totals | 26,195 | 17,046 | 43,241 |