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Southwark 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 14.
Summary of Original Inspections, etc., made in the several Wards during the year 1928.
Ward or District.
Complaints.
Including houses in which
deaths have occurred.)
House to House.
Principal
Infectious Diseases.
Factories, Workshops
Workplaces and
Outworkers.
Number of
Original
Inspections
made daily.
Number of
Reinspections
made daily.
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. Syms)
836
1
1999
637
1914
146
5
194
132
33
7.2
17.3
St. Paul
(Mr. Mayhew)
725
29
2316
273
1
543
107
83
286
167
88
5.1
13.0
St. Peter
(Mr. Banham)
474
10
1400
726
—
1203
99
53
135
120
36
5.4
11.2
St. John
(Mr. White)
800
20
1711
241
—
435
153
53
191
143
96
5.0
9.7
Trinity
(Mr. Findley)
691
3
2633
70
1
558
75
25
281
311
337
5.5
18.7
All Saints
(Mr. Steele)
689
6
2500
443
1
1282
149
133
296
131
84
5.8
18.8
St. Michael
(Mr. Hattersley)
554
34
1720
506
1
1452
110
65
196
354
112
7.2
17.6
St. Michael
(Mr. Hattersley)
27
3
8
—
—
—
25
7
6
—
—
St. Jude
(Mr. Bryant)
671
53
2666
392
1
846
95
79
268
278
190
5.6
17.4
St. George
(Mr. Ede)
845
45
2701
218
—
633
127
59
263
184
76
5.9
16.6
Christchurch No. 1
(Mr. Fisher and
Mr. Duffield)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Christchurch No. 2
(Mr. Bowers)
216
1
509
126
—
273
39
30
52
186
41
2.4
3.9
St. Saviour No. 1
(Mr. Fisher and
Mr. Duffield)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
St. Saviour No. 2
(Mr. Bowers)
192
1
479
285
—
563
56
44
61
266
83
3.1
5.3
Women's Wkshps.
(Miss Burrows)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
*2447
960
8.6
3.4
Bakehouses, &c.
(Mr. Nicholson)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2283
—
—
—
Slaughterhouses
(Mr. Fisher and
Mr. Duffield)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
96
—
—
—
Total
6720
206
20642
3917
5
9702
1181
636
2229
7098
2136
—
—
Mr. Fisher supervised the wharves and landing places in the Borough, and also the Borough Market, making a large number of inspections.
during the year in relation to the food dealt with at those places.
* 1,607 of these were inspections of public conveniences for women.