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 Tottenham]
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GENERAL SANITARY WORK.
The work of the male Sanitary Inspectors is epitomised and subjoined.
Harringay Ward (Mr. Redston) | West Green Ward (Mr. West) | St. Ana's Ward (Mr. Smith) | High Cross Ward (Mr.Portman) | Middle Ward (Mr. Miller) | Lower Ward (Mr. Shillito) | |
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House to house inspections | 86 | 189 | 106 | 188 | 89 | 166 |
Re-inspections | 1251 | 1144 | 939 | 898 | 1208 | 1120 |
Drains examined, tested, etc. | 74 | 59 | 153 | 156 | 111 | 124 |
Drains unstopped | 27 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 20 | 209 |
Drains re-constructed & repaired | 33 | 16 | 16 | 25 | 45 | 29 |
Disconnecting traps inserted | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 9 |
Soil pipes and drains ventilated | 4 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 19 | 32 |
R.W. pipes, wastes, etc., disconctd. | 5 | 3 | 65 | 5 | 23 | 63 |
Dust bins provided | 27 | 29 | 53 | 21 | 27 | 41 |
Roofs repaired | 55 | 56 | 120 | 22 | 50 | 58 |
Gutters repaired and renewed | 62 | 26 | 66 | 20 | 21 | 38 |
Cisterns cieaned, repaired, etc. | 17 | 10 | 35 | 7 | 10 | 53 |
W.C. new apparatus provided | 15 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 19 | 115 |
W.C. repaired, cleaned, etc. | 15 | 26 | 73 | 5 | 14 | 19 |
W.C. Water Fittings repaired | 31 | 29 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 37 |
Yards paved and drained | 24 | 31 | 76 | 15 | 30 | 34 |
Premises cleaned, etc. | 71 | 179 | 205 | 59 | 146 | 370 |
Ventilation below floor provided | 6 | 8 | 86 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Defective window frames and sashes | 29 | 34 | 92 | 5 | 24 | 73 |
Other defects | 42 | 65 | 81 | 15 | 60 | ... |
Smoke observations | 10 | 9 | 23 | 48 | 19 | 8 |
Overcrowding | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 8 |
Accumulations of refuse | 29 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
Visits in connection with cases of infectious disease (including Tuberculosis) | 149 | 139 | 153 | 101 | 192 | 196 |
Rooms inspected after disinfection | 22 | 52 | 84 | 71 | 70 | 63 |
Other inspections, etc. | 98 | 39 | 361 | 22 | 128 | 104 |
Factories, No. of inspections | 35 | 48 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 36 |
Workshops & workplaces „ | 49 | 81 | 99 | 6 | 23 | 70 |
Laundries „ | 14 | 7 | 4 | ... | 4 | ... |
Dairies, etc. „ | 98 | 39 | 18 | 40 | 54 | 40 |
Cowsheds „ | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 10 | 4 |
Bakehouses ,, | 25 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 52 | 39 |
P.H. urinals „ | 150 | 25 | 34 | 84 | 83 | 12 |
Stables and Mews „ | 155 | 60 | 36 | 3 | 82 | 40 |
Complaints investigated | 131 | 109 | 323 | 247 | 89 | 170 |
Appointments | 71 | 161 | 85 | 10 | 60 | 203 |
School inspections | 6 | ... | 2 | 4 | 5 | ... |
Pawnbrokers | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
Common Lodging Houses | ... | ... | ... | 15 | ... | 26 |
Slaughterhouses | ... | 86 | 18 | 30 | ... | 52 |
Knackers Yards | ... | ... | ... | 25 | ... | ... |
Brooks and Watercourses | 6 | ... | ... | 5 | 10 | 6 |
Butchers' shops | 127 | 42 | 27 | 139 | 77 | 49 |
Fishmongers' shops | 121 | 21 | 17 | 64 | 72 | 50 |
Fruiterers' shops | 98 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 53 | 47 |
Ice Cream premises | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 |