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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
Deptford 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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TABLE II Summary of Sanitary Work Carried Out During the Year 1960
| Districts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Total | |
| Primary Inspections | ||||||||
| Complaints | 181 | 102 | 134 | 283 | 142 | 156 | 232 | 1,230 |
| Infectious Disease | 18 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1,230 |
| Notice from Builder | 59 | 22 | 26 | 110 | 20 | 32 | 26 | 295 |
| Rodent Control | 28 | 5 | 23 | 36 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 133 |
| Factories (Power) | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 34 |
| Factories (Non-Power) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 30 |
| Food Premises | 34 | 32 | 57 | 85 | 55 | 171 | 48 | 482 |
| Butchers' Premises | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 54 |
| Ice Cream Premises | 16 | 2 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 21 | 13 | 100 |
| Milk Premises | 5 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 55 |
| Bakehouses | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| Fish Premises | – | – | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | – | 15 |
| Comm. Lodg. Houses | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | 7 |
| Outworker | 22 | 6 | 1 | 52 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 111 |
| Shops Act Inspections | 21 | 43 | 45 | 67 | 37 | 166 | 45 | 424 |
| Rent Act, Inspections | 12 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 67 |
| Pharmacy & Poisons Act Inspections | 5 | – | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Pet Animals Act Inspections | – | 4 | 3 | – | 2 | – | – | 9 |
| Smoke Observations | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Hairdressers & Barbers' | 2 | 16 | 7 | 4 | – | – | 3 | 32 |
| Miscellaneous | 673 | 106 | 324 | 287 | 106 | 113 | 137 | 1,746 |
| Total | 1,081 | 369 | 678 | 1,020 | 438 | 780 | 575 | 4,941 |
| Re-Inspections, Calls, etc. | 1,154 | 756 | 956 | 2,867 | 1,219 | 1,760 | 1,400 | 10,112 |
| Notices Served—Public Health (London) Act, 1936 Intimation | 90 | 53 | 82 | 135 | 114 | 100 | 178 | 752 |
| Statutory | 27 | 13 | 35 | 53 | 40 | 30 | 62 | 260 |
| London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1954 Section 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 39 |
| Premises in Respect of Which Notices were Completed | 71 | 69 | 83 | 132 | 91 | 113 | 143 | 702 |
| Premises in Respect of Which Notices were Outstanding at the End of the Year | 28 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 18 | 41 | 144 |