Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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43
Sanitary
Inspection.
The following tables show the work of the District Sanitary Inspectors:—
REPORT OF INSPECTIONS, Etc. BY THE DISTRICT SANITARY INSPECTORS—1936.
| W. E. Anstee. | C. F. Brockett. | J. H. Brownlee. | W. Cue. | R. W. G. Day | G. D. Freeland. | H. J. Green. | C. F. Guy. | W. H. Haworth | W. H. Howard. | S. Lowther. | J. G. McCarthy. | R. Roper. | W. F. Smith. | W. T. Twynham. | R. H. Waterman. | Totals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakehouses | 32 | — | 38 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 14 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 37 | 21 | 16 | 332 |
| Common Lodging Houses | 33 | 6 | 13 | 19 | — | 24 | 13 | — | 24 | — | — | — | 75 | — | 50 | 15 | 272* |
| Complaints | 522 | 503 | 832 | 499 | 1,241 | 877 | 1,055 | 900 | 714 | 1,218 | 1,075 | 1,188 | 729 | 849 | 786 | 184 | 13,172 |
| Factories | 114 | 66 | 79 | 108 | 61 | 107 | 102 | 107 | 154 | 13 | 64 | 45 | 157 | 118 | 177 | 88 | 1,560 |
| Houses let in Lodgings | 230 | 307 | 79 | 10 | 69 | 232 | 110 | 175 | 192 | 44 | 27 | 57 | 214 | 153 | 174 | 23 | 2,096 |
| House to House | 108 | 130 | 68 | 22 | 58 | 32 | 49 | 110 | 82 | 39 | 55 | 56 | 210 | 106 | 218 | 583 | 1,926 |
| Infectious Disease | 65 | 85 | 88 | 74 | 108 | 48 | 90 | 72 | 57 | 66 | 106 | 111 | 67 | 83 | 51 | 78 | 1,239 |
| Offensive Trades | — | 22 | 31 | 2 | — | 84 | 6 | — | 8 | — | 64 | 20 | 65 | — | 4 | 16 | 322 |
| Outworkers | 118 | 55 | 35 | 10 | 33 | 96 | 51 | 37 | 117 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 104 | 86 | 88 | 7 | 879 |
| Restaurants and Eating Houses | 21 | 84 | 41 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 4 | 49 | - | 63 | 15 | 52 | 32 | 465 |
| Markets (week-end) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 37 |
| Seamen's Lodging Houses | 6 | 21 | - | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 107 |
| Workplaces | 37 | 149 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 38 | 4 | 9 | — | 91 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 452 |
| Workshops | 166 | 167 | 79 | 15 | 51 | 116 | 70 | 56 | 138 | 32 | 34 | 43 | 135 | 84 | 59 | 93 | 1,338 |
| i- hops Act | 211 | 288 | 195 | 154 | 117 | 260 | 157 | 137 | 217 | 56 | 203 | 165 | 231 | 227 | 118 | 82 | 2,818 |
* In addition, 44 inspections to Women's Common I/xiging Houses were made by Miss Whitty.