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]
This page requires JavaScript
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 daring the year:—
Reason for inspection | West | North | South | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dwelling-houses— PH Act | 1231 | 951 | 521 | 2667 |
Dwelling-houses — Housing Act | 850 | 1703 | 679 | 3232 |
Houses let in lodgings | — | — | — | — |
Applications for rehousing | 110 | 145 | 38 | 293 |
Certificates of disrepair, etc. | 63 | 38 | 46 | 147 |
Notice from builder | 101 | 122 | 25 | 248 |
Infectious diseases | 34 | 28 | 24 | 86 |
Infestation | 61 | 90 | 57 | 208 |
Factories, mechanical | 64 | 34 | 17 | 115 |
Factories, non-mechanical | 12 | 6 | 1 | 19 |
S47 National Assistance Act | 20 | 11 | 9 | 40 |
Outworkers | 65 | 72 | 116 | 253 |
Smoke observations | — | 1 | -_ | 1 |
Offensive trades | — | —. | _- | - |
Keeping of animals in such a state as to be a nuisance | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
Water certificates | 47 | 43 | 95 | 185 |
Futile visits | 902 | 1125 | 448 | 2475 |
All other matters | 671 | 666 | 314 | 1651 |
Reinspections | 4228 | 3844 | 3355 | 11427 |
Totals | 8462 | 8851 | 5746 | 23059 |
Notice from builder | 137 | 44 | 18 | 199 |
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act | 8 | 2 | — | 10 |
Infectious diseases | 7 | 13 | 9 | 29 |
Infestation | 22 | 45 | 6 | 73 |
Factories, mechanical | 26 | 39 | 80 | 145 |
Factories, non-mechanical | 1 | 3 | - | 4 |
Smoke observations | 1 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
Food shops — registered. . | 124 | 196 | 236 | 556 |
Food shops — not registered | 104 | 135 | 165 | 404 |
Milkshops and dairies | 42 | 98 | 74 | 214 |
Icecream premises | 140 | 160 | 114 | 414 |
Restaurants and eating houses | 130 | 262 | 223 | 615 |
Bakehouses | 60 | 40 | 10 | 110 |
Other shops | 17 | 253 | 12 | 282 |
Food inspections | 282 | 498 | 102 | 882 |
Sampling | 444 | 281 | 246 | 971 |
Markets and stalls | 8 | 840 | 507 | 1355 |
Pharmacy and poisons | 91 | 98 | 18 | 207 |
Slaughterhouses | — | 91 | — | 91 |
Futile visits | 86 | 76 | 30 | 192 |
All other matters | 567 | 369 | 144 | 1080 |
Reinspections | 538 | 946 | 393 | 1877 |
Totals | 2835 | 4498 | 2389 | 9722 |