[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough] page 34

Lewisham 1951

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

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Table: SECTION " C " — SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREAThe following table gives a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the district sanitary inspectors, food inspectors and housing inspectors during the year:—Table 20

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SECTION " C " — SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA

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

Table 20

Reason for inspection	West	North	South	Total
Visits of district sanitary inspectors : Dwelling-houses — PH Act	2395	1713	842	4950
Dwelling-houses — Housing Act	115	72	44	231
Houses let in lodgings	—	—	2	2
Applications for rehousing	255	394	234	883
Rent Acts and Landlord and Tenant Acts	8	10	9	27
Notice from builder	654	192	161	1007
Building licences and certificates for materials	60	79	45	184
Infectious diseases	62	74	122	258
Infestation	86	63	68	217
Factories, mechanical	90	98	50	238
Factories, non-mechanical	17	10	11	38
Outworkers	197	120	146	463
Smoke observations	17	2	—	19
Keeping of animals in such a state as to be a nuisance	25	18	15	58
Water certificates	18	12	85	115
Futile visits	1054	1953	666	3673
All other matters	1143	646	383	2172
Reinspections	5179	8822	3678	17679
Totals	11375	14278	6561	32214
Visits of food inspectors : Notice from builder	44	10	15	69
Building licences and certificates for materials	1	31	1	33
Infectious diseases	11	18	6	35
Factories, mechanical	34	59	139	232
Factories, non-mechanical	11	4	14	29
Smoke observations	5	—	—	5
Food shops — registered	161	112	260	533
Food shops — not registered	124	95	208	427
Milkshops and dairies	99	80	79	258
Icecream premises	215	203	136	554
Restaurants and eating houses	268	109	211	588
Bakehouses	136	78	29	243
Other shops	21	72	53	146
Food inspections	360	329	254	943
Markets and stalls	8	1317	341	1666
Pharmacy and poisons	91	78	38	207
Slaughterhouses	5	1	—	6
Sampling	201	87	69	357
Futile visits	67	36	23	126
All other matters	369	329	225	923
Reinspections	409	279	247	935
Totals	2640	3327	2348	8315

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Lewisham 1951

Table: SECTION " C " — SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREAThe following table gives a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the district sanitary inspectors, food inspectors and housing inspectors during the year:—Table 20