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. | Lady Hlth Vis. | Sanitary Districts. | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 2 | No. 3 | No. | No. | No. | ||||
| Number inspected on complaint | 12 | 38 | 33 | 18 | 46 | 35 | 182 | |
| „ „ for special inquiry | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | ||||
| „ „ from house to house | 26 | 40 | 26 | 64 | 27 | 183 | ||
| „ „ „ „ (Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890) | ||||||||
| Number inspected and measured for Inland Revenue Certificate | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | |||
| Number re-inspected | 12 | 8 | 27 | 48 | 81 | 8 | 184 | |
| Number of visits to premises where works of amendment are in operation | 697 | 504 | 305 | 595 | 611 | 2712 | ||
| Number of Birth Enquiries | 779 | 779 | ||||||
| „ Infantile Death Enquiries | 116 | 116 | ||||||
| Cases of Infectious disease visited | 180 | 180 | ||||||
| „ „ „ re-visited | 118 | 118 | ||||||
| „ „ „ removed | 138 | 138 | ||||||
| Number of visits re miscellaneous matters | 26 | 26 | ||||||
| „ cases of Consumption visited | 58 | 58 | ||||||
| „ Midwives disinfected | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| „ rooms disinfected | 228 | 228 | ||||||
| Cases of illness notified from schools, visited | 929 | 929 | ||||||
| „ „ „ „ re-visited | 859 | 859 | ||||||
| Number of visits to Schools | 31 | 31 | ||||||
| „ children cleansed | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Number of rooms disinfected after | Consumption | 44 | 44 | |||||
| Cancer | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Other Diseases | 22 | 22 | ||||||
| Inspection of Mews, Stables, etc. | 15 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 61 | ||
| „ of Dairies, Milkshops, etc. | 26 | 28 | 22 | 28 | 36 | 140 | ||
| „ of Slaughterhouses | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 45 | ||
| „ premises where ice-cream is made | ||||||||
| „ re Miscellaneous matters | 26 | 118 | 32 | 16 | 192 | |||
| „ of Canal Boats | 18 | 18 | ||||||
| Observations re Smoke Nuisance | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Number of new drains constructed | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 20 | ||
| „ drains amended | 17 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 46 | ||
| „ tested | 15 | 23 | 17 | 26 | 11 | 92 | ||
| „ drains inspected | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 41 | ||
| „ nuisances of various descriptions abated | 73 | 113 | 39 | 114 | 56 | 395 | ||
| Sanitary notices issued | 51 | 39 | 79 | 112 | 31 | 312 | ||
| Statutory „ „ | 22 | 13 | 49 | 31 | 27 | 142 | ||
| „ „ „ under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Number of letters received | 465 | |||||||
| written | 747 | |||||||
| Number of Summonses issued | 1 | 1 | ||||||