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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

Kingston upon Thames 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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Table: ABSTRACT OF WORK OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER.

ABSTRACT OF WORK OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER.

Visits of Enquiry in cases of Infectious Disease464
„ „ „ „ Workshops, etc.77
„ in regard to Insanitary Conditions66
„ on behalf of the School Attendance Committee679
„ to Schools for Inspection of Scholars131
„ to Schools for Sanitary Enquiries, etc.60
„ to Scholars on whom Notices had been Served41
„ to Small Pox, Plague and Cholera Contacts3
„ Inspection of Markets28
„ „ of Dairies24
„ „ of Mortuary6
„ „ of Common Lodging Houses8
Visits of Enquiry to Places outside District5
Consultations with Medical Practitioners, etc.14
Visits to Midwives23
„ in Connection with Notice of Births33
„ for other purposes70
Total Visits 1,732
*** Average Annual Visits for last 10 years—1,060.
Complaints of Bad Food2
„ of Overcrowding2
Letters, etc., written98
Notices served, Reports, etc.279
Samples of sets of Effluent Analysed28
„ of Drinking Water Analysed2
H. BEALE COLLINS.