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
Willesden 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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| Description of Work. | Laoy Hlth. Vis. | Sanitary Districts. | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 2 | No, 3 | No.4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | ||||
| Number inspected on complaint | 15 | 35 | 6l | 11 | 41 | 52 | 215 | |
| ,, ,, for special inquiry | 7 | 3 | 10 | |||||
| ,, ,, from house to house | 16 | 50 | 63 | 64 | 31 | 224 | ||
| „ „ „ (Housing of | ||||||||
| the Working Classes Act, 1890) | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Number inspected and measured for Inland Revenue Certificate | 45 | 4 | 38 | 8 | 95 | |||
| Number re-inspected | 11 | 42 | 45 | 58 | 15 | 171 | ||
| Number of visits to premises where works of amendment are in operation | 536 | 561 | 305 | 263 | 571 | 2236 | ||
| Number of Birth Enquiries | 188 | 188 | ||||||
| ,, Infantile Death Enquiries | 113 | 113 | ||||||
| Cases of Infectious disease visited | 344 | 344 | ||||||
| ,, ,, „ re-visited .. | 104 | 104 | ||||||
| ,, ,, ,, removed | 287 | |||||||
| Number of visits re miscellaneous matters | 23 | 23 | ||||||
| „ cases of Consumption visited | 85 | 85 | ||||||
| ,, Midwives disinfected.. | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| ,, rooms disinfected | 391 | 391 | ||||||
| Cases of illness notified from schools, visited | 1067 | 1667 | ||||||
| " ,, re-visited | 300 | 300 | ||||||
| Number of rooms disinfected after | Consumption | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Cancer | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Other Diseases | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| Inspection of Mews, Stables, etc. | 6 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 44 | ||
| ,, of Dairies, Milkshops, etc. | 22 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 101 | ||
| ,, of Slaughterhouses | 12 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 72 | ||
| 54 | 47 | 29 | 130 | |||||
| ,, of Canal Boats | 22 | 22 | ||||||
| Observations re Smoke Nuisance | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Number of new drains constructed | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | |||
| ,, drains amended | 10 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 42 | ||
| „ tested | 23 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 96 | ||
| „ drains inspected .. | 12 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 46 | ||
| ,, nuisances of various descriptions abated | 57 | 80 | 67 | 40 | 87 | 331 | ||
| Sanitary notices issued | 57 | 57 | 74 | 541 | 72 | 314 | ||
| Statutory ,, „ | 23 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 92 | ||
| ,, ,, ,, under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890 | 4 | |||||||
| Number of letters received | 1510 | |||||||
| ,. written | 863 | |||||||
| Number of Summonses issued | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||