[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough] page 45

Lewisham 1952

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

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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:—

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Reason for Inspection	West	North	South	Total
District sanitary inspectors :
Dwelling-houses — PH Act	1737	1486	935	4158
Dwelling-houses — Housing Act	152	280	125	557
Houses let in lodgings	—	-	-	-
Applications for rehousing	163	226	88	477
Rent Acts and Landlord and Tenant Acts	2	6	6	14
Notice from builder	223	111	138	472
Building licences and certificates for materials	36	52	14	102
Infectious diseases	147	109	96	352
Infestation	98	79	65	242
Factories, mechanical	107	117	30	254
Factories, non-mechanical	27	22	6	55
S47 National Assistance Act	15	11	6	32
Outworkers	208	161	190	559
Smoke observations	7	9	6	22
Offensive trades	-	-	-	-
Keeping of animals in such a state as to be a nuisance	43	13		56
Water certificates	4	18	13	35
Futile visits	1200	2222	784	4206
All other matters	971	732	339	2042
Reinspections	6199	8595	3099	17893
Totals	11339	14249	5940	31528
Food inspectors :
Notice from builder	26	24	19	69
Building licences and certificates for materials	-	-	-	-
Infectious diseases	30	20	3	53
Infestation	74	122	19	215
Factories, mechanical	22	50	94	166
Factories, non-mechanical	2	4	23	29
Smoke observations	2	15	3	20
Food shops — registered	169	85	297	551
Food shops — not registered	156	108	262	526
Milkshops and dairies	84	74	95	253
Icecream premises	139	254	171	564
Restaurants and eating houses	275	140	241	656
Bakehouses	76	78	32	186
Other shops	5	127	20	152
Food inspections	316	368	233	917
Sampling	205	119	61	385
Markets and stalls	16	1325	281	1622
Pharmacy and poisons	97	87	21	205
Slaughterhouses	-	8	—	8
Futile visits	72	36	7	115
All other matters	342	300	98	740
Reinspections	362	551	581	1494
Totals	2470	3895	2561	8926