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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE XXXIX.
DETAILS OF INSPECTIONS AND RE-INSPECTIONS, 1917.
(Male Inspectors.)
| Inspections | Re-Inspections. | Totals. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of complaints received and attended to | 3,026 | ... | 3,026 | |
| Number of house-to-house inspections | 844 | ... | 844 | |
| Drainage and other sanitary works after notice | 3,152 | 7,807 | 10,959 | |
| Drainage and other sanitary works voluntary | 424 | 664 | 1,088 | |
| Number of premises inspected on account of:- | ||||
| Notifiable diseases | 1,769 | 119 | 1,888 | |
| Measles | 6,379 | 131 | 6,510 | |
| Whooping Cough | 479 | 7 | 486 | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 26 | ... | 26 | |
| Other Infective Diseases | 280 | 6 | 286 | |
| Verminous conditions | 276 | 15 | 291 | |
| Periodical Inspections:— | ||||
| Houses-let-in-Lodgings | 317 | 534 | 851 | |
| Underground rooms | ... | ... | ... | |
| Common Lodging Houses | 6 | ... | 6 | |
| Work-places | Factories | 461 | 109 | 570 |
| Workshops | 589 | 39 | 628 | |
| Workshops (Domestic) | 219 | 33 | 252 | |
| Workplaces | 208 | 66 | 274 | |
| Outworkers' premises | 82 | 23 | 105 | |
| Bakehouses | 405 | 331 | 736 | |
| Restaurant kitchens | 167 | 16 | 183 | |
| Food-places | Cowsheds | 42 | 2 | 44 |
| Piggeries | 169 | 36 | 205 | |
| Dairies and Milkshops | 696 | 29 | 725 | |
| Ice Cream Premises | 294 | 15 | 309 | |
| Slaughterhouses | 229 | 10 | 239 | |
| Places where food is prepared | 293 | ... | 293 | |
| Offensive trades | 89 | 21 | 110 | |
| Fried Fish shops | 155 | 3 | 158 | |
| Rag and bone stores | 59 | 3 | 62 | |
| Butchers' shops | 612 | 2 | 614 | |
| Greengrocers' shops | 398 | 13 | 411 | |
| Fishmongers' shops | 269 | 1 | 270 | |
| Public House urinals | 496 | 14 | 510 | |
| Other sanitary conveniences, schools, &c. | 63 | 1 | 64 | |
| Smoke observations | 19 | 15 | 34 | |
| Unsound food | 66 | ... | 66 | |
| Yards of Mews and Stables | 1,605 | 101 | 1,706 | |
| Legal proceedings:— | ||||
| (1) Applications and summonses | 8 | ... | 8 | |
| (2) Hearings and adjournments | 32 | ... | 32 | |
| Other | 1,602 | 83 | 1,685 | |
| Totals | 26,305 | 10,249 | 36,554 | |