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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

Lewisham 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Table: SECTION "C" —SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREAThe following table shows a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the sanitary and food inspectors during the year:—

SECTION "C" —SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA

The following table shows a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the sanitary and food inspectors during the year:—

Cause of InspectionTotals
On complaint6,155
Infectious disease1,030
Notice from builder662
Smoke observation1
Certificates for materials1,488
Water certificates241
Vermin167
Rent Act certificates98
Landlord and Tenant Act certificates23
Building licences911
Housing5,136
Requisitioned properties house-to-house484
Factories and workshops377
Butchers508
Registered food premises558
Bakehouses161
Fishmongers271
Provision merchants562
Greengrocers81
Food factories27
Restaurants and eating houses327
Dairies80
Milk purveyors80
Ice cream premises290
Other food premises181
Pharmacy and Poisons Act87
Shops Act214
Miscellaneous2,797
Markets and stalls232
Slaughterhouses6
Legal proceedings27
Reinspections5,365
Intimation Notices served3,816
Statutory Notices served828
Number of factories on register at 31-12-47518
Number of outworkers on register at 31-12-47162