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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
Bethnal Green 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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TABLE VII.—TOTAL NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS MADE DURING THE YEAR 1898.
| A District. | B District. | C District. | D District. | E District. | Totals. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspector | Weston | Richards | Lapworth | Bridel | Henley | Weston | Bridel | Henley | Richards | Lapwortb | 1897 | 1898 |
| Year | 1897 | 1898 | 1897 | 1898 | 1897 | 1898 | 1897 | 1898 | 1897 | 1898 | ||
| Infectious Cases | 237 | 199 | 276 | 188 | 261 | 130 | 308 | 170 | 272 | 187 | 1,354 | 874 |
| Complaints | 382 | 458 | 299 | 302 | 391 | 608 | 279 | 245 | 238 | 237 | 1,589 | 1,850 |
| House-to-House Inspections | 370 | 363 | 599 | 566 | 542 | 554 | 1,059 | 506 | 667 | 785 | 3,237 | 2,774 |
| Trades' Inspections | 52 | 50 | 52 | 77 | 96 | 62 | 73 | 158 | 70 | 60 | 343 | 407 |
| Re-Inspections | 3,806 | 3.948 | 4.463 | 4.017 | 3,766 | 4,480 | 4,381 | 3.923 | 4,250 | 3.663 | 20,666 | 20,031 |
| Totals | 4,847 | 5,018 | 5,689 | 5.150 | 5,056 | 5.834 | 6,100 | 5,002 | 5,497 | 4,932 | 27,189 | 25,936 |
| Nuisances abated | 637 | 8n | 807 | 697 | 804 | 759 | 1,010 | 781 | 799 | 706 | 4.057 | 3,754 |
| Number of Re-Inspections to each case abated | 5.95 | 4.86 | 5.53 | 5.76 | 4.68 | 5.9 | 4.33 | 5.02 | 5.32 | 5.18 | .. | .. |
| Average number per week of Inspections of all kinds made by each Inspector during the year | 93.21 | 96.5 | 109.403 | 99.03 | 97.23 | 112.19 | 117.307 | 96.19 | 105.71 | 9484 | .. | .. |
| N umber of Cases in hand at end of year | .. | 61 | .. | 170 | .. | 100 | .. | 127 | .. | 110 | .. | 568 |
The change of the Inspectors' Districts took place on the 14th February, 1898.