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 Lewisham Borough]
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SECTION " C " — SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
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 | 2395 | 1713 | 842 | 4950 |
Dwelling-houses — Housing Act | 115 | 72 | 44 | 231 |
Houses let in lodgings | — | — | 2 | 2 |
Applications for rehousing | 255 | 394 | 234 | 883 |
Rent Acts and Landlord and Tenant Acts | 8 | 10 | 9 | 27 |
Notice from builder | 654 | 192 | 161 | 1007 |
Building licences and certificates for materials | 60 | 79 | 45 | 184 |
Infectious diseases | 62 | 74 | 122 | 258 |
Infestation | 86 | 63 | 68 | 217 |
Factories, mechanical | 90 | 98 | 50 | 238 |
Factories, non-mechanical | 17 | 10 | 11 | 38 |
Outworkers | 197 | 120 | 146 | 463 |
Smoke observations | 17 | 2 | — | 19 |
Keeping of animals in such a state as to be a nuisance | 25 | 18 | 15 | 58 |
Water certificates | 18 | 12 | 85 | 115 |
Futile visits | 1054 | 1953 | 666 | 3673 |
All other matters | 1143 | 646 | 383 | 2172 |
Reinspections | 5179 | 8822 | 3678 | 17679 |
Totals | 11375 | 14278 | 6561 | 32214 |
Visits of food inspectors : Notice from builder | 44 | 10 | 15 | 69 |
Building licences and certificates for materials | 1 | 31 | 1 | 33 |
Infectious diseases | 11 | 18 | 6 | 35 |
Factories, mechanical | 34 | 59 | 139 | 232 |
Factories, non-mechanical | 11 | 4 | 14 | 29 |
Smoke observations | 5 | — | — | 5 |
Food shops — registered | 161 | 112 | 260 | 533 |
Food shops — not registered | 124 | 95 | 208 | 427 |
Milkshops and dairies | 99 | 80 | 79 | 258 |
Icecream premises | 215 | 203 | 136 | 554 |
Restaurants and eating houses | 268 | 109 | 211 | 588 |
Bakehouses | 136 | 78 | 29 | 243 |
Other shops | 21 | 72 | 53 | 146 |
Food inspections | 360 | 329 | 254 | 943 |
Markets and stalls | 8 | 1317 | 341 | 1666 |
Pharmacy and poisons | 91 | 78 | 38 | 207 |
Slaughterhouses | 5 | 1 | — | 6 |
Sampling | 201 | 87 | 69 | 357 |
Futile visits | 67 | 36 | 23 | 126 |
All other matters | 369 | 329 | 225 | 923 |
Reinspections | 409 | 279 | 247 | 935 |
Totals | 2640 | 3327 | 2348 | 8315 |