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 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:—
Reason for Inspection | West | North | South | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 |