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 public health inspectors during the year :—
Table 20
Reason for inspection | West | North | South | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
On complaint | 1319 | 1046 | 629 | 2994 |
House to house | 186 | 68 | — | 254 |
Improvement grants | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Houses let in lodgings | — | — | — | - |
Rent Acts | 18 | 4 | 11 | 33 |
Other Housing Act visits | 444 | 420 | 284 | 1148 |
Notice from builder | 203 | 186 | 72 | 461 |
Infectious diseases | 30 | 38 | 21 | 89 |
Infestations | 54 | 182 | 109 | 345 |
Factories, mechanical | 66 | 79 | 73 | 218 |
Factories, non.mechanical | 8 | 8 | 12 | 28 |
Outworkers | 105 | 76 | 108 | 289 |
National Assistance Act, S47 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 17 |
Smoke observations | 18 | 20 | 2 | 40 |
Offensive trades | - | - | - | - |
Keeping of Animals | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
Water certificates | 16 | 39 | 33 | 88 |
Fireguards | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
Hairdressers | 10 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
Pharmacy and poisons | 64 | 84 | 3 | 151 |
Milkshops | 33 | 75 | 42 | 150 |
Icecream premises | 104 | 285 | 72 | 461 |
Restaurants and eating houses | 62 | 146 | 97 | 305 |
Bakehouses | 49 | 66 | 3 | 118 |
Other food shops | 128 | 424 | 228 | 780 |
Other shops | 10 | 159 | 7 | 176 |
Food inspections | 196 | 316 | 73 | 585 |
Sampling | 306 | 245 | 260 | 811 |
Markets and stalls | 6 | 841 | 270 | 1117 |
Slaughterhouses | — | 73 | — | 73 |
Futile visits | 952 | 1208 | 399 | 2559 |
All other matters | 1623 | 1171 | 699 | 3493 |
Revisits | 6445 | 6421 | 3245 | 16111 |
Total — all inspectors | 12471 | 13706 | 6780 | 32957 |
Smoke abatement
Observations 40
Intimations served .
Complaints received 6
Statutory notices served .
Legal proceedings .
Convictions .