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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

Camberwell 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.

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Table: Offensive Trades.

Offensive Trades.

Type of business.No. on Register.
Skin dressers4
Soap boilers1
Total5

Table: Pet Animals Act, 1952

Pet Animals Act, 1952

No. of licences issued3
No. of licences renewed14
Total No. of pet shops licensed17

Table: Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933.

Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933.

No. of applications received for registration20
No. of applications received for renewal of registration182

Table: Sanitary Inspection of the Area.

Sanitary Inspection of the Area.

No. of complaints received5,379
Summary of Work carried out during the year 1955.
Inspections:—
Nuisance inspections4,805
Offensive trades31
Smoke observations232
Drainage, new and existing7,109
Overcrowding863
Factories and workplaces1,343
Outworkers' premises412
Rag dealers65
Infectious and other diseases446
Verminous premises and persons75
Aged and infirm persons209
Common lodging houses30
Conveniences, public and private199
Heating appliances (Fireguards) Act, 195286
Housing Repairs and Rents Act433
Shops Act1,714
Voluntary work98
Inspections not defined1,216
Re-inspections16,881
Total inspections36,247

Table: Works supervised:—

Works supervised:—

Tests applied to drains (existing premises)286
Drains found defective138
Drains totally reconstructed20
Drains repaired or partially reconstructed240