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 Southwark, Borough of]
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Ward or District. | Complaints. including houses in which deaths have occurred.) | House to House. | Infectious Diseases. | Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. | Number of Original Inspections made daily. | Number of Reinspections made daily. | |||||||
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Number of Inspections made. | Number of drains tested. | Number of Reinspections: made. | Number of Inspections made. | Number of drains tested. | Number of Reinspections made. | Number of Inspections made. | Number of drains tested. | Number of Reinspections made. | Number of Inspections made. | Number of Reinspections made. | |||
St. Mary (Mr. Rugg) | 869 | 524 | 1163 | 683 | 24 | 1820 | 255 | 255 | 347 | 337 | 160 | 7.4 | 12.1 |
St. Paul (Mr. Fisher) | 635 | 478 | 2027 | 696 | 579 | 1687 | 176 | 176 | 270 | 254 | 229 | 6.1 | 14.6 |
St. Peter (Mr. Nicholson) | 498 | 356 | 5111 | 931 | 706 | 2674 | 182 | 182 | 311 | 312 | 570 | 6.7 | 30.1 |
St. John (Mr. Grist) | 937 | 841 | 2710 | 853 | 800 | 2833 | 230 | 230 | 541 | 244 | 228 | 7.8 | 21.9 |
Trinity (Mr. Howes) | 588 | 252 | 1597 | 1128 | 51 | 3396 | 197 | 197 | 281 | 293 | 411 | 7.6 | 19.7 |
All Saints (Mr. Goodfellow) | 725 | 586 | 1870 | 1337 | 1265 | 3332 | 230 | 230 | 452 | 194 | 265 | 8.6 | 20.5 |
St. Michael (Mr. Jenkinson) | 949 | 603 | 2291 | 788 | 637 | 1764 | 209 | 209 | 238 | 419 | 692 | 8.2 | 17.3 |
St. Michael (Miss Elliott) | 189 | — | 293 | 902 | — | 1238 | 28 | 28 | 12 | - | - | 3.9 | 5.4 |
St. Jude (Mr. Fairhurst) | 604 | 451 | 1974 | 1110 | 1053 | 3283 | 87 | 87 | 191 | 359 | 595 | 7.5 | 21.0 |
St. George (Mr. David) | 763 | 585 | 1446 | 934 | 831 | 2816 | 201 | 201 | 315 | 438 | 440 | 9.2 | 19.7 |
Christchurch No. 1 (Mr. Emerton & Mr. Fisher). | 64 | 38 | 231 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 132 | 198 | 0.7* | 1.6* |
Christchurch No. 2 (Mr. Sweeney) | 382 | 301 | 1296 | 337 | 262 | 1159 | 40 | 40 | 232 | 263 | 397 | 3.5† | 10.7† |
St. Saviour No. 1 (Mr. Emerton & Mr. Fisher). | 188 | 127 | 552 | 32 | 31 | 79 | 43 | 43 | 76 | 122 | 214 | 1.3* | 3.2* |
St. Saviour No. 2 (Mr. Sweeney) | 331 | 220 | 966 | 617 | 615 | 917 | 60 | 60 | 83 | 245 | 427 | 4.3† | 8.3† |
West District (Miss Blackwell) | 1184 | — | 1448 | 1127 | — | 3502 | 53 | 53 | 78 | — | — | 82 | 17.4 |
East District (Miss Burrows) | 1123 | — | 1981 | 1515 | — | 3584 | 30 | 30 | 89 | — | — | 9.2 | 19.6 |
Women's Wkshps. (Miss Elliott) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1604 | 1348 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
Bakehouses, &c. (Mr. Weatheritt) | - | - | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | 1399 | — | — | — |
Total | 10029 | 5362 | 26956 | 12991 | 6855 | 34112 | 2030 | 2030 | 3532 | 6615 | 6174 | — | — |
* In addition to these inspections, Messrs. Emerton and Fisher supervised the wharves and landing places in the Borough, and also the Borough Market making
many inspections during the year in relation to the food dealt with at those places. '
† These numbers added together (7.8 inspections and 19.0 reinspections) are Mr. Sweeney's daily figures.