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 Camberwell.
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Offensive Trades.
Type of business. | No. on Register. |
---|---|
Skin dressers | 4 |
Soap boilers | 1 |
Total | 5 |
Pet Animals Act, 1952
No. of licences issued | 3 |
No. of licences renewed | 14 |
Total No. of pet shops licensed | 17 |
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933.
No. of applications received for registration | 20 |
No. of applications received for renewal of registration | 182 |
Sanitary Inspection of the Area.
No. of complaints received | 5,379 |
Summary of Work carried out during the year 1955. | |
Inspections:— | |
Nuisance inspections | 4,805 |
Offensive trades | 31 |
Smoke observations | 232 |
Drainage, new and existing | 7,109 |
Overcrowding | 863 |
Factories and workplaces | 1,343 |
Outworkers' premises | 412 |
Rag dealers | 65 |
Infectious and other diseases | 446 |
Verminous premises and persons | 75 |
Aged and infirm persons | 209 |
Common lodging houses | 30 |
Conveniences, public and private | 199 |
Heating appliances (Fireguards) Act, 1952 | 86 |
Housing Repairs and Rents Act | 433 |
Shops Act | 1,714 |
Voluntary work | 98 |
Inspections not defined | 1,216 |
Re-inspections | 16,881 |
Total inspections | 36,247 |
Works supervised:—
Tests applied to drains (existing premises) | 286 |
Drains found defective | 138 |
Drains totally reconstructed | 20 |
Drains repaired or partially reconstructed | 240 |