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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 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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Table: TABLE XXIII.DETAILS OF INSPECTIONS AND RE-INSPECTIONS, 1920. (Male Inspectors).

TABLE XXIII.

DETAILS OF INSPECTIONS AND RE-INSPECTIONS, 1920. (Male Inspectors).

1 inspections.Re-Inspections.Total.
No. of complaints received and attended to5,253...5,253
No. of house-to-house inspections3,348...3,348
Drainage and other sanitary works after notice4,18519,01223,197
Drainage and other sanitary works voluntary364345709
No. of premises inspected on account of:—
Notifiable diseases4,3542014,555
Measles2,005...2,005
Whooping Cough765...765
Pulmonary Tuberculosis95...95
Other Infective Diseases858...858
Verminous conditions2787285
Periodical Inspections:—
Houses-let-in-Lodgings292389681
Closed underground rooms.........
Common Lodging Houses3...3
s. Work-places.Factories396190586
Workshops506129635
Workshops (Domestic)13948187
Work-places248121369
Outworkers' premises6437101
Bakehouses278143421
Restaurant kitchens10610116
Cowsheds24226
Food-placePiggeries601171
Dairies and Milkshops3393342
Ice Cream Premises2311232
Slaughterhouses1102112
Places where food is prepared66167
Offensive trades71...71
Fried Fish shops103...103
Rag and bone stores33134
Butchers' shops2244228
Greengrocers' Shops103...103
Fishmongers' shops14610156
Public House urinals1632165
Other sanitary conveniences, schools etc.1662168
Smoke observations47653
Unsound food12912141
Yards of Mews and Stables31342355
Legal proceedings:—
(1) Applications and summonses26...26
(2) Hearings and adjournments85...85
Other80921830
Totals26,78520,75247,537

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