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Southwark 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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The attendances at the Clinic were:-
Expectant mothers 317
Nursing mothers 194
Children 95
Fifty-one sessions were held during the year.
VACCINATION.
The total number of certificates and copies of certificates of
successful primary vaccination received during the year 1943 was:-
Northern Division 309
Southern Division 568
877
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
The sanitary condition of the district during the year
was supervised by the sanitary inspectors,attention being given to
all nuisances arising and also the hygienic condition of factories
and common lodging houses. Inspection of the air raid shelters in
the Borough particularly those where the nightly population was in
excess of 500 was carried out at frequent intervals. Visits were
also made as often as necessary to premises used for storing
shelterers' bedding, disinfection and disinfestation being carried
out where necessary. Inspectors were also engaged in the preparation
of war damage reports and also the selection and repair of
premises required for billeting homeless persons.
SANITARY WORK.
Number of complaints 3,601
Miscellaneous visits 2,058
Inspections of Air Raid
Shelters 688
Inspections of war damaged
property 885
Inspections of Factories 1,436
Visits to Outworkers 228
Inspections of Shops 72
Visits re Billeting 771
Common Lodging house
inspections 4
Inspections of Warden's Posts 19
Inspections of Bedding Stores 18
Inspection of Bombed Sites 55
Revisits 16, 960
Number of Intimation notices
served 1,808
Number of Statutory notices
served 438
Number of defects found and
remedied 5,597