[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough] page 40

Lewisham 1950

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

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SECTION " C " — SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA

Table: The following table gives a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the district sanitary inspectors, food inspectors and housing inspectors during the year:—Table 20

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

Table 20

Reason for inspection	West	North	South	Total
Visits of district sanitary inspectors:
Dwelling-houses — PH Act	2918	1938	1053	5909
Dwelling-houses— Housing Act	123	149	31	303
Applications for rehousing	445	552	485	1482
Rent Acts and Landlord and Tenant Acts	11	11	22	44
Notice from builder	458	315	53	826
Building licences and certificates for materials	126	248	46	420
Infectious diseases	16	18	11	45
Infestation	98	204	93	395
Factories, mechanical	83	37	21	141
Factories, non-mechanical	25	22	14	61
Outworkers	175	145	214	534
Smoke observations	_	4	_	4
Keeping of animals in such a state as to be a nuisance	4	7	2	13
Water certificates	13	26	161	200
Futile visits	862	917	634	2413
All other matters	1072	1094	274	2440
Reinspections	5810	9105	3231	18146
Totals	12239	14792	6345	33376
Visits of food inspectors:
Dwelling-houses— PH Act	20	46	37	103
Notice from builder	26	19	27	72
Building licences and certificates for materials	2	5		7
Infectious diseases	3	7	16	26
Infestation	6	21	4	31
Factories, mechanical	12	18	113	143
Factories, non-mechanical	11	_	4	15
Smoke observations	_	_	1	1
Food shops — registered	167	72	177	416
Food shops — not registered	162	91	151	404
Milkshops and dairies	90	63	69	222
Icecream premises	278	343	227	848
Restaurants and eating houses.	182	130	109	421
Bakehouses	100	54	54	208
Other shops	14	79	13	106
Food inspections	389	354	215	958
Markets and stalls	23	1045	217	1285
Pharmacy and poisons	75	70	47	192
Slaughterhouses	—	7	—	7
Futile visits	29	21	13	63
All other matters	374	458	299	1131
Reinspections	613	260	266	1139
Totals	2576	3163	2059	7798

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Table: The following table gives a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the district sanitary inspectors, food inspectors and housing inspectors during the year:—Table 20