[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds City Council
Date:
1926
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Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OTHER VISITS PAID BY MALE WORKSHOPS INSPECTORS. Factories. Workshops. Workplaces. Non-abatements 289 435 72 Drain Inspection 54 43 9 Drains tested 38 40 16 Disease enquiries 54 8 7 River pollution 8 • • • • Complaints 19 33 33 Measurement of workrooms .. • • 27 • • Other causes 170 333 29 Total 632 919 166 Plans.—^The system whereby plans submitted to the Building Surveyor and dealing with alterations to property involving sanitary works are reviewed by this Department before being finally approved by the Corporation was continued throughout the year. The total number of plans examined and commented upon was 321, as compared with 342 for the previous year. Work of Women Inspectors,—^Two Women sanitary inspectors are constantly engaged in visiting the homes of outworkers, carrying out investigations into outbreaks of infectious disease in factories, workshops and schools, and attending to complaints received from the factory inspectors or other sources as to sanitary defects affecting the health of the workers in factories and work¬ shops, also in making routine inspection of workshops and restaurants. The following is a summary of their work :— Infectious Diseases.—^The following visits were made :— To schools (on account of 679 cases) .. 1,301 To absent pupils .. . . . . .. 74 To factories (54 cases) 53 To workshops . . . . . . . . — To workplaces, including restaurants (5 cases) 3 To absent employees .. .. .. 15