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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

Wandsworth 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XXIV.DETAILS OF INSPECTIONS AND RE-INSPECTIONS, 1921.(Male Inspectors).

TABLE XXIV.

DETAILS OF INSPECTIONS AND RE-INSPECTIONS, 1921.

(Male Inspectors).

Inspections.Re-Inspections.Total.
No. of complaints received and attended to5,549...5,549
No. of house-to-house inspections2,691...2,691
Drainage and other sanitary works after notice4,42724,09228,519
Drainage and other sanitary works voluntary5305571,087
No. of premises inspected on account of :—
Notifiable diseases5,007...5,007
Measles432...432
Whooping Cough713...713
Pulmonary Tuberculosis126...126
Other Infective Diseases743...743
Verminous conditions305...305
Periodical Inspections:—
Houses-let-in-Lodgings42719446
Closed underground rooms.........
Common Lodging Houses12...12
Work-places.Factories30361364
Workshops475103578
Workshops (Domestic)13923162
Work-places13879217
Outworkers' premises692089
Bakehouses307124431
Restaurant kitchens9116107
Food-places.' Cowsheds19...19
Piggeries70171
Dairies and Milkshops3723375
Ice Cream Premises32315338
Slaughterhouses1183121
Places where food is prepared611172
Offensive trades1165121
Fried Fish shops1425147
Rag and bone stores33437
Butchers' shops2112213
Greengrocers' Shops96...96
Fishmongers' shops1801181
Public House urinals227...227
Other sanitary conveniences, schools etc.73679
Smoke observations15...15
Unsound food69170
Yards of Mews and Stables33925364
Legal proceeding:-
(1) Applications and summonses51...51
(2) Hearings and adjournments99...99
Other1,207521,259
Totals26,30525,22881,533