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 Lewisham]
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The following is a summary of the work done:—
Factory and Workshop Act.—
Miss Jones. | Miss Moynihan. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|
To Factories | 17 | 23 | 40 |
„ Workshops | 161 | 143 | 304 |
„ Workplaces | 94 | 49 | 143 |
,, Laundries | 113 | 69 | 182 |
„ Outworkers' homes | 82 | 128 | 210 |
Infectious Diseases.— | |||
To Phthisis homes | 41 | 18 | 59 |
Re Phthisis deaths | 98 | 67 | 165 |
,, Chicken-pox | 145 | 76 | 221 |
„ Measles | 393 | 311 | 704 |
,, Puerperal fever | 16 | 1 | 17 |
,, School Notifications | 325 | 84 | 409 |
Other Visits.— | |||
On complaint from residents | 46 | 11 | 57 |
To Selected homes from which births were registered | 509 | 425 | 934 |
Investigations re Infant mortality | 137 | 178 | 315 |
To Schools | 150 | 91 | 241 |
Re-visits and re-inspections | 414 | 137 | 551 |
Miscellaneous inquiries | 87 | 189 | 276 |
Total | 2828 | 2000 | 4828 |
Nuisances, Defects, &c.— | |||
Abstract not affixed in workshops | 13 | 4 | 17 |
Overcrowding of Workshops | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Other nuisances in workshops | 26 | 19 | 45 |
Total number of nuisances found | 187 | 103 | 290 |
Notices, &c.— | |||
Intimation notices served | 152 | 49 | 201 |
Statutory notices served | 23 | 19 | 42 |
Verbal notices complied with | 35 | 54 | 89 |