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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

Bermondsey 1959

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1959

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Table: SMOKE NUISANCES-

SMOKE NUISANCES-

Number of observations122
Number of notices4
Number of complaints8
Number of summonses3

Table: SALE OF FOOD—

SALE OF FOOD—

Number of premises used other than ice-cream premises, milk-shops and cowsheds534
Number of inspections2,030

Table: RAG, FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT, 1951:

RAG, FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT, 1951:

Number of premises registered3

Table: DRAINAGE WORK Particulars of work carried out by the Drainage Inspector during 1959:—

DRAINAGE WORK Particulars of work carried out by the Drainage Inspector during 1959:—

Drains Tested558
Visits to new building works1,066
Other Visits373
Total visits1,997

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RENT ACT, 1957
Number of applications for Certificates of Disrepair 10
Number of decisions not to issue Certificates -
Number of decisions to issue Certificates —
(a) in respect of some but not all defects 10
(b) in respect of all defects —
Number of undertakings given by landlords 4
Number of undertakings refused —
Number of Certificates issued 6
Number of applications by landlords for cancellation of
certificates 9
Number of objections by tenants to cancellation of
certificates 1
Number of decisions to cancel in spite of tenants' objection 1
Number of Certificates cancelled
Number of Certificates as to Remedying of Defects
specified in Landlord's undertaking issued 41
(31)