[Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Worcester City.

  • Worcester (England). City Council.
Date:
1928
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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Worcester City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    14/74 (page 12)
    Inspections.—This table shows the number of Inspections carried out during the year in the following cases :— Housing Inspections .... .... .... .... .... 412 Public Health Inspections .... .... .... .... 1549 Re-Inspections .... .... .... .... .... .... 2019 Infectious Disease, Visits to Houses .... .... .... 194 Common Lodging House .... .... .... .... 412 Houses Let in Lodgings .... .... .... .... 250 Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops .... .... .... 151 Offensive Trades .... .... .... .... .... 153 Workshops .... .... .... .... .... .... 189 Bakehouses .... .... .... .... .... .... 110 Outworkers .... .... .... .... .... .... 48 Slaughterhouses .... .... .... .... .... .... 2262 Canal Boats .... .... .... .... .... .... 28 Dust-bin Inspections .... .... .... .... .... 206 Food Shops and Markets .... .... .... .... 300 Places where Animals kept .... .... .... .... 74 Water Samples taken .... .... .... .... .... 10 Drains smoke-tested .... .... .... .... .... 70 Overcrowding.—Despite all that has been done to ease the problem of Overcrowding in our City, the position at the present time is quite as serious, if not more so, than when I reported on the matter twelve months ago. There are 125 known cases of Overcrowding on our books. I quote the three following cases as typical examples of the conditions under which some of our Citizens are existing, viz. :— Man, Wife, Girls, 20, 17, 14, 11, 9, 6 and 4 years.2 bedrooms. Man, Wife, Girls, 17, 15, 9, 3 and 1 years .... .... 2 bedrooms. Boys, 13, 8, 6 and 4 years .... .... 2 bedrooms. Man, Wife and 4 Children aged 9 to 1 years.!.. 1 bedroom.