[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough] page 32

Lewisham 1955

[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 daring the year:—

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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 daring the year:—

Reason for inspection	West	North	South	Total
District sanitary inspectors:
Dwelling-houses— PH Act	1231	951	521	2667
Dwelling-houses — Housing Act	850	1703	679	3232
Houses let in lodgings	—	—	—	—
Applications for rehousing	110	145	38	293
Certificates of disrepair, etc.	63	38	46	147
Notice from builder	101	122	25	248
Infectious diseases	34	28	24	86
Infestation	61	90	57	208
Factories, mechanical	64	34	17	115
Factories, non-mechanical	12	6	1	19
S47 National Assistance Act	20	11	9	40
Outworkers	65	72	116	253
Smoke observations	—	1	-_	1
Offensive trades	—	—.	_-	-
Keeping of animals in such a state as to be a nuisance	3	8	1	12
Water certificates	47	43	95	185
Futile visits	902	1125	448	2475
All other matters	671	666	314	1651
Reinspections	4228	3844	3355	11427
Totals	8462	8851	5746	23059
Food inspectors:
Notice from builder	137	44	18	199
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act	8	2	—	10
Infectious diseases	7	13	9	29
Infestation	22	45	6	73
Factories, mechanical	26	39	80	145
Factories, non-mechanical	1	3	-	4
Smoke observations	1	9	2	12
Food shops — registered. .	124	196	236	556
Food shops — not registered	104	135	165	404
Milkshops and dairies	42	98	74	214
Icecream premises	140	160	114	414
Restaurants and eating houses	130	262	223	615
Bakehouses	60	40	10	110
Other shops	17	253	12	282
Food inspections	282	498	102	882
Sampling	444	281	246	971
Markets and stalls	8	840	507	1355
Pharmacy and poisons	91	98	18	207
Slaughterhouses	—	91	—	91
Futile visits	86	76	30	192
All other matters	567	369	144	1080
Reinspections	538	946	393	1877
Totals	2835	4498	2389	9722