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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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| Description of Work. | Sanitary Districts. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Hlth. Vis. | No. 2 | No. 8 | No. | No. | No. 6 | Total | ||
| Number inspected and measured for Inland Revenue Certificate | 19 | I | 20 | |||||
| Number inspected on complaint | 6 | 28 | 26 | 17 | 43 | 68 | 188 | |
| ,, ,, for special inquiry | 7 | 51 | 11 | 6 | 75 | |||
| ,, ,, from house to house | 48 | go | 78 | 70 | 49 | 335 | ||
| ,, .. (Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890) | ||||||||
| Re-inspection of Houses— | ||||||||
| Number re-inspected | 19 | 60 | 75 | 3° | 33 | 217 | ||
| Number of visits to premises where works of amendment are in operation | 406 | 533 | 355 | 490 | 543 | 2327 | ||
| Number of Birth Enquiries | 175 | 175 | ||||||
| ,, Infantile "Death Enquiries .. | 87 | 87 | ||||||
| Cases of Infectious disease visited | 116 | 116 | ||||||
| ,, ,, „ re-visited .. | 48 | 48 | ||||||
| ,, ,, ,, removed | 78 | 78 | ||||||
| Number of visits re miscellaneous matters | 36 | 36 | ||||||
| ,, rooms disinfected | 149 | 149 | ||||||
| Cases of illness notified from schools, visited .. | 2155 | 2155 | ||||||
| re-visited | 1427 | 1427 | ||||||
| Number of rooms disinfected after | Consumption | 40 | 40 | |||||
| Cancer | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Other Diseases | 11 | 11 | ||||||
| N umber of Mid wives disinfected | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| ,, cases of Consumption visited | 70 | 70 | ||||||
| ,, visits to Schools | 63 | 63 | ||||||
| Inspection of Mews, Stables, etc. | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 44 | ||
| ,, of Dairies, Milkshops, etc. | 24 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 31 | 122 | ||
| ,, of Slaughterhouses | 2 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 21 | |||
| ,, re Miscellaneous matters | 27 | 67 | 57 | 37 | 4 | 192 | ||
| ,, of Canal Boats | 12 | 12 | ||||||
| Observations re Smoke Nuisances | 4 | 22 | 26 | |||||
| Nuisances abated— | ||||||||
| Number of new drains constructed | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||
| ,, drains amended | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 26 | ||
| ,, tested | 21 | 21 | 10 | 24 | 21 | 97 | ||
| ,, drains inspected | 18 | 110 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 155 | ||
| ,, yards paved | 6 | 32 | 33 | 21 | 50 | 142 | ||
| ,, dustbins provided.. | 6 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 44 | ||
| ,, nuisances of various descriptions abated | 39 | 73 | 35 | 60 | 53 | 260 | ||
| Sanitary notices issued | 62 | 94 | 86 | 112 | 118 | 472 | ||
| Statutory ,, ,, | 14 | 30 | 92 | 6 | 23 | 165 | ||
| ,, ,, ,, under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890 | ||||||||
| Number of letters received | 1699 | |||||||
| „ written | 982 | |||||||
| Number of Summonses issued | ||||||||