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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various local groups such as boy scouts, girl guides, schools,
women's institutes, etc., with, I might add, great success, if we
are to judge from further requests which we have had for talks
to be given.
PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTION
Work of the Public Health Inspectors
A summary of the inspections carried out during the year L given in Table 1.
TABLE 1
Inspections | Revisits | Totals | |
---|---|---|---|
To investigate complaints | 7,909 | 7,608 | 15,517 |
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act | 1,753 | 5,069 | 6,822 |
Infectious diseases | 1,049 | 510 | 1,559 |
Factories Act | 260 | — | 260 |
Housing clearance area scheme | 628 | — | 628 |
Housing reports | 2,591 | — | 2,591 |
Houses in multiple occupation | 298 | 2,916 | 3,214 |
New drainage | 480 | 7,548 | 8,028 |
Hairdressers | 424 | 54 | 478 |
Others | 6,926 | 3,783 | 10,709 |
Totals | 22,318 | 27,488 | 49,806 |
Table 2 gives details of the sanitary operations carried out in
the year.