Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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TABLE II Summary of Sanitary Work Carried Out During the Year 1949
Districts | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | |
Primary Inspections | |||||||||
Complaints | 366 | 523 | 390 | 576 | 226 | 333 | 428 | 482 | 3,324 |
Infectious Disease | 23 | 32 | 40 | 26 | 34 | 49 | 22 | 17 | 243 |
Notice of Builder | 71 | 39 | 58 | 49 | 69 | 58 | 58 | 26 | 428 |
Ref. T.B. Disp | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 7 |
Factory (Power) | 14 | 12 | 49 | 23 | 29 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 158 |
Factory (Non-Power) | 4 | — | 7 | 4 | 6 | — | 9 | — | 30 |
Food Premises | 16 | 56 | 90 | 74 | 39 | 13 | 37 | 29 | 354 |
Butcher's Premises | 1 | 7 | 27 | 19 | 26 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 105 |
Ice Cream Premises | 4 | 18 | 34 | 19 | 35 | 10 | 24 | 20 | 164 |
Milk Premises | 3 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 87 |
Bakehouses | 7 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 6 | — | 1 | 6 | 45 |
Fish Premises | 14 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 90 |
Offensive Trades | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
Outworkers | — | 2 | — | 1 | 27 | 32 | 17 | — | 79 |
Comm. Lodg. Houses | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
Shops Act Insps. | 2 | 46 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 51 |
Special Housing | 112 | 43 | 143 | 129 | 125 | 97 | 61 | 85 | 795 |
Miscellaneous | 154 | 266 | 216 | 266 | 265 | 215 | 222 | 191 | 1,795 |
Total | 791 | 1,065 | 1,101 | 1,245 | 913 | 825 | 915 | 909 | 7,764 |
Re-Inspections, Calls, etc. | 3,761 | 4,107 | 3,001 | 3,563 | 1,996 | 3,885 | 3,722 | 2,996 | 27,031 |
Notices Served—Public Health (London) Act, 19836 | |||||||||
Intimation | 389 | 473 | 311 | 558 | 140 | 201 | 260 | 443 | 2,675 |
Statutory | 65 | 57 | 128 | 294 | 36 | 140 | 141 | 182 | 1,043 |
Section 40 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 11 | 7 | 22 |
Premises in Respect of Which Notices were Completed | 310 | 375 | 280 | 483 | 165 | 236 | 296 | 429 | 2,574 |
Premises in Respect of Which Notices were Outstanding at the End of the Year | 138 | 196 | 95 | 184 | 49 | 49 | 63 | 148 | 922 |