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Camberwell 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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RETURN OF WORK FOR THE FIFTY- TWO WEEKS ENDED DECEMBER 31st, 1929.
Description of Work.
Inspections.
Totals.
G. W. Scudamore.
E. R. Collins.
G. G. Morley.
M. Malins.
H. C. Green.
W. T. Worsfold.
D. Glenday.
A. L. Dobson.
D. H. Pickard.
L. W. Burrell.
Miss O'Riordan.
Mrs. Scudamore.
Complaints received
323
224
418
318
506
440
271
433
508
654
21
6
4,122
Complaints found to be justified
314
174
300
288
362
381
209
356
450
545
18
3
3,400
Following complaints (general)
318
228
411
291
493
384
190
366
548
654
—
—
3,883
Following complaints (overcrowding)
—
—
14
27
—
15
38
44
27
—
—
—
165
Re-inspections
2,163
2,917
2,017
863
2,322
1,423
1,730
1,553
1,412
1,477
—
—
17,877
Systematic house-to-house
100
145
138
85
91
96
65
136
64
50
—
—
970
Re-inspections
113
298
441
498
200
347
520
675
424
145
—
—
3,661
Houses let in lodgings
—
—
—
207
—
—
120
1
—
—
—
—
220
Re-inspections
—
—
—
602
—
—
4
—
—
—
—
—
606
Tenements
—
6
—
62
—
63
—
50
9
—
17
—
207
Re-inspections
—
—
—
98
—
123
—
141
33
—
—
—
395
Underground living and sleeping rooms
—
—
—
2
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
3
Re-inspections
—
8
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
8
Rent (Restrictions) Act
—
1
1
—
—
—
4
1
—
—
7
Re-inspections
—
10
—
—
—
—
—
1
13
—
—
—
24
Dwelling houses (New)
8
3
2
74
1
—
1
—
2
2
—
—
93
Business premises (New)
39
32
4
6
13
2
—
7
4
36
—
—
143
Re-inspections
99
224
167
127
221
45
378
206
63
10
—
—
1,540
Following infectious disease
125
117
129
159
251
192
188
326
356
329
—
—
2,172
Re-inspections
22
6
421
259
249
397
184
519
443
106
—
—
2,606
Factories
27
10
29
35
33
75
82
126
5
59
263
81
796
Workshops
50
29
64
39
52
65
75
57
10
19
175
161
796
Workplaces
4
—
1
34
—
27
15
48
1
77
92
—
299
Offensive trades
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
16
5
—
—
—
22
Outworkers
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1,025
1,232
2,257
Smoke complaints received
—
—
11
4
1
—
2
3
5
3
—
—
29
Smoke observations
9
—
94
16
3
13
5
22
8
14
—
—
184
Smoke nuisances found
1
—
21
—
—
—
3
1
3
—
—
—
29
Re-inspections
—
—
1
164
—
41
4
45
39
64
—
—
358
Milk shops and dairies
137
92
165
132
241
185
184
1
—
77
—
—
1,561
Slaughter houses
—
—
—
20
15
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
36
Other food premises
—
—
—
14
—
2
—
2
—
2
—
—
20
Street Markets
—
—
—
4
—
18
13
18
11
—
—
—
64
Re-inspections
—
—
—
37
—
20
3
12
22
—
—
—
94
Rag and bone dealers
3
—
—
9
3
—
7
11
2
—
—
—
35
Railway stations
1
63
45
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
109