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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 1953

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

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44
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 24

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 24

Reason for inspectionWestNorthSouthTotal
District sanitary inspectors :
Dwelling-houses — PH Act142613667423534
Dwelling-houses — Housing Act14920393445
Houses let in lodgings----
Applications for rehousing10017529304
Rent Acts and Landlord and Tenant Acts3--3
Notice from builder153124197474
Building licences and certificates for materials2023-43
Infectious diseases2625295409
Infestation447826148
Factories, mechanical795816153
Factories, non-mechanical954669
S47 National Assistance Act811221
Outworkers166119184469
Smoke observations643269
Offensive trades----
Keeping of animals in such a state as to be a nuisance268438
Water certificates1133246
Futile visits93816425423122
All other matters7807743071861
Reinspections41806385242612991
Totals841811108467324199
Food inspectors :
Notice from builder38675110
Building licences and certificates for materials1-12
Infectious diseases411015
Infestation28712101
Factories, mechanical416670177
Factories, non-mechanical5-27
Smoke observations29617
Food shops—registered114144360618
Food shops — not registered134109222465
Milkshops and dairies9212497313
Icecream premises179223177579
Restaurants and eating houses204182247633
Bakehouses877422183
Other shops1611734167
Food inspections327306219852
Sampling328187118633
Markets and stalls2118094992329
Pharmacy and poisons868210178
Slaughterhouses-1-1
Futile visits80531134
All other matters36936387819
Reinspections7667753451886
Totals29224763253410219