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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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| Description of Work. | Sanitary District*. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady' Hlth Vis. | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. | Total | ||
| Inspection of Houses— | ||||||||
| Number inspected and measured for Inland Revenue Certificate | 48 | 15 | 4 | 67 | ||||
| Number inspected on complaint | 3 | 29 | 43 | 18 | 33 | 47 | 173 | |
| .. ,, for special inquiry | 7 | 6l | 56 | 42 | 21 | 14 | 201 | |
| .. ,, from house to house | b8 | 23 | 91 | |||||
| ,, ,, (Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890) | ||||||||
| Re-inspection of Houses- | ||||||||
| Number re-inspected | 44 | 68 | 80 | 192 | ||||
| Number of visits to premises where works of amendment are in operation | 372 | 404 | 265 | 376 | 541 | 1958 | ||
| Number of Birth Enquiries | 672 | 672 | ||||||
| ,, Infantile Death Enquiries | 1 | 48 | ||||||
| Cases of Infectious disease visited | 166 | 166 | ||||||
| „ ,, „ re-visited | 74 | 74 | ||||||
| „ removed | 137 | 137 | ||||||
| Number of visits re miscellaneous matters | 3 e | 36 | ||||||
| „ rooms disinfected | 263 | 263 | ||||||
| Cases of illness notified from schools, visited .. | 783 | 783 | ||||||
| >1 .. ,, ,, re-visited | 1066 | 1066 | ||||||
| Number of rooms disinfected after .. .. .. .. | Consumption | 27 | 27 | |||||
| Cancer | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Other Diseases | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Number of Midwives disinfected.. | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| ,, cases of Consumption visited | 89 | 89 | ||||||
| ,, visits to Schools | ||||||||
| Inspection of Mews, Stables, etc. | 4 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 49 | ||
| ,, of Dairies, Milkshops, etc. | 23 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 29 | 120 | ||
| ,, of Slaughterhouses | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 12 | 40 | 60 | 21 | 13 | 146 | |||
| ,, of Canal Boats | 14 | 14 | ||||||
| Observations re Smoke Nuisances | 15 | 1 | 14 | 30 | ||||
| Nuisances abated— | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Number of new drains constructed | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| „ drains amended | 7 | 7 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 33 | ||
| ,, tested | 31 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 104 | ||
| drains inspected | 14 | 38 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 79 | ||
| ,, dustbins provided | 13 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 76 | ||
| ,, yards paved | 9 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 69 | ||
| nuisances of various descriptions abated | 37 | 72 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 291 | ||
| Sanitary notices issued | 53 | 77 | 73 | 37 | 85 | 325 | ||
| Statutory ,, | 11 | 22 | 62 | 14 | 38 | 147 | ||
| ,, ,, ,, under the Housing of tbe Working Classes Act, 1890 | ||||||||
| Number of letters received | 1291 | |||||||
| „ written | 690 | |||||||
| Number of Summonses issued | 3 | 3 | ||||||