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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

Lewisham 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Table: SECTION "C"—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREAThe following table shows a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the district sanitary inspectors, food inspectors and housing inspectors during the year :—Table 15

SECTION "C"—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA

The following table shows a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the district sanitary inspectors, food inspectors and housing inspectors during the year :—

Table 15

Reason for inspectionWestNorthSouthTotal
Dwelling-houses—PH Act2750260612946650
Dwelling-houses — Housing Act3695103421221
Applications for rehousing2105186619705941
Rent Acts and Landlord and Tenant Acts2381445
Notice from builder30430961674
Building licences and certificates for materials28929341623
Infectious diseases736848189
Infestation10210934245
Factories, mechanical1222438
Factories, non-mechanical127322
Outworkers72124123319
Smoke observations811019
Keeping of animals in such a state as to be a nuisance89724
Food shops—registered1429437273
Food shops — not registered11816263343
Milkshops and dairies866523174
Icecream premises208225147580
Restaurants and eating houses2068346335
Bakehouses864532163
Other shops955557207
Food inspections3604422861088
Markets and stalls2721511253
Pharmacy and poisons625024136
Slaughterhouses26—8
All other matters2232275117296712
TOTAL INSPECTIONS975110125640626282
Reinspections49896299212913417
Intimation notices served123515295603324
Statutory notices served4325352641231
Number of factories on register at December 31, 1949 :—
Mechanical15320199453
Non-mechanical386115114
Number of outworkers on register at December 31, 1949488387218

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*Food and Drugs Act s.14(i) (a). †ditto s. 14(i) (b)