London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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152 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
| Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanitary conveniences insufficient | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| „ „ unsuitable | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| „ „ not separate for sexes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| „ „ defective | 7 | ... | 1 | ... | 24 | |
| Other nuisances | 25 | 3 | 3 | 59 | ||
| Intimation notices served | 29 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 50 | 97 |
| Statutory notices served | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Legal proceedings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| V.—Home work | ||||||
| Premises inspected | 21 | 9 | 40 | 17 | 34 | 121 |
| „ re-inspected | 3 | 5 | 4 | ... | 4 | 16 |
| Workrooms found overcrowded | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| „ insufficiently ventilated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 11 in a dirty condition | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 7 |
| Other nuisances | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 4 |
| Intimation notices served | 3 | 1 | 4 | ... | 2 | 10 |
| Statutory notices served | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Legal proceedings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cases of infective diseases notified | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
| Houses visited for inquiry and no workroom found | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 18 | 23 |
| Total number of premises inspected | 1094 | 229 | 601 | 103 | 694 | 2721 |
| „ „ „ re-inspected | 158 | 206 | 141 | 35 | 218 | 758 |
| „ intimation notices served | 58 | 34 | 35 | 6 | 120 | 253 |
| „ ,, intimation notices complied with | 57 | 34 | 35 | 6 | 119 | 251 |
| „ „ statutory notices served | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |
| „ „ statutory notices complied with | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 |
| „ „ legal proceedings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Table LXXIX. shows the principal trades carried on in the
premises on the Register, but it does not include the trades in workplaces,
domestic workshops, or in outworkers' premises.
Compared with 1914 there has been a decrease of 21 in the
number of these trades.