London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Deptford 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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| Districts | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | |
| Primary Inspections | |||||||||
| Complaints | 224 | 349 | 287 | 389 | 214 | 273 | 358 | 466 | 2,560 |
| Infectious Disease | 28 | 45 | 38 | 38 | 26 | 54 | 37 | 33 | 299 |
| Notice of Builder | 51 | 21 | 29 | 17 | 49 | 51 | 51 | 30 | 299 |
| Ref. T.B. Disp. | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Factory (Power) | 12 | 19 | 58 | 47 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 245 |
| Factory (Non-Power) | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 58 |
| Food Premises | 34 | 33 | 63 | 93 | 45 | 78 | 62 | 90 | 498 |
| Butcher's Premises | 8 | 2 | 24 | 34 | 30 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 123 |
| Ice Cream Premises | 13 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 20 | 114 |
| Milk Premises | 9 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 63 |
| Bakehouses | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 31 |
| Fish Premises | 11 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 67 |
| Offensive Trades | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Outworkers | — | 17 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 34 | 11 | 65 |
| Comm. Lodg. Houses | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Shops Act Inspections | 67 | 59 | 67 | 174 | 72 | 77 | 73 | 57 | 646 |
| Poisons Act Inspections | — | — | —_ | 3 | — | — | — | 6 | 9 |
| Special Housing Inspections | 46 | 66 | 98 | 122 | 55 | 58 | 35 | 57 | 537 |
| Rag Flock Act Inspections | — | j | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Pet Animal Act Inspections | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | 10 |
| Miscellaneous | 125 | 114 | 134 | 134 | 272 | 153 | 140 | 199 | 1,191 |
| Total | 633 | 752 | 868 | 1,108 | 839 | 828 878 | 938 | 6,844 | |
| Re-Inspections, Calls, etc. | 3,169 | 3,867 | 3,089 | 2,893 | 1,808 | 1,056 | 2,670 | 1,316 | 19,868 |
| Notices Served—Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | |||||||||
| Intimation | 140 | 279 | 173 | 267 | 91 | 155 | 177 | 330 | 1,612 |
| Statutory | 24 | 30 | 92 | 135 | 38 | 70 | 73 | 200 | 662 |
| Section 40 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Section 105 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 121 |
| Premises in Respect of Which Notices were Completed | 155 | 298 | 167 | 293 | 109 | 140 | 210 | 337 | 1,709 |
| Premises in Respect of Which Notices were Outstanding at the End of the Year | 59 | 43 | 74 | 95 | 25 | 64 | 26 | 74 | 460 |