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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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53
Civil building licences
As from May, 1948, the health department has been allocated a
monthly quota of the money which can be authorised to be spent on
repair work in the borough, and the sanitary inspectors are able to issue
the necessary licences, either at the same time as, or following, the
service of an intimation or nuisance notice.
The following table shows the monthly value of civil building
licences issued by the department, divided into parliamentary
divisions :—
Table 29
| Month | West | North | South | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| January | 6,528 | 12,331 | 4,040 | 22,899 |
| February | 8,710 | 12,861 | 3,299 | 24,870 |
| March | 9,371 | 8,402 | 6,297 | 24,070 |
| April | 674 | 4,621 | 684 | 5,979 |
| May | 757 | 1,923 | 1,205 | 3,885 |
| June | 2,132 | 5,184 | 1,866 | 9,182 |
| July | 638 | 3,691 | 232 | 4,561 |
| August | 2,300 | 7,564 | 2,130 | 11,994 |
| September | 4,530 | 6,100 | 962 | 11,592 |
| October | 2,849 | 6,964 | 1,778 | 11,591 |
| November | 2,590 | 4,134 | 5,396 | 12,120 |
| December | 4,941 | 8,431 | 787 | 14,159 |
| TOTALS £ | 46,020 | 82,206 | 28,676 | 156,902 |
*In April and subsequently, a new procedure was adopted under
which licences were only issued for work ready to be commenced. This
allowed the total sum to be considerably reduced and obviated a
number of licences having to be re-issued or re-dated.