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 public health inspectors during the year :—
Table 26
Reason for inspection | West | North | South | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
On complaint | 833 | 896 | 348 | 2077 |
House to house | 57 | — | — | 57 |
Improvement grants | 47 | 81 | 26 | 154 |
Houses let in lodgings | 6 | 2 | — | 8 |
Rent Acts | 235 | 188 | 86 | 509 |
Other Housing Act visits | 358 | 335 | 211 | 904 |
Notice from builder | 139 | 184 | 80 | 403 |
Infectious diseases | 14 | 17 | 16 | 47 |
Infestation | 277 | 160 | 104 | 541 |
Factories, mechanical | 72 | 55 | 46 | 173 |
Factories, non-mechanical | 17 | 4 | 8 | 29 |
Outworkers | 63 | 64 | 105 | 232 |
National Assistance Act, S47 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 34 |
Smoke observations | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
Clean air inspections | 217 | 1201 | — | 1418 |
Keeping of Animals | 8 | 9 | 16 | 33 |
Water certificates | 29 | 26 | 22 | 77 |
Fireguards | - | - | - | - |
Hairdressers | 4 | 9 | 18 | 31 |
Pharmacy and poisons | 78 | 77 | 2 | 157 |
Milkshops | 17 | 25 | 28 | 70 |
Icecream premises | 199 | 119 | 38 | 356 |
Restaurants and eating houses | 81 | 108 | 187 | 376 |
Bakehouses | 13 | 40 | 3 | 56 |
Other food shops | 219 | 344 | 362 | 925 |
Other shops | 23 | 54 | 7 | 84 |
Food inspections | 137 | 426 | 145 | 708 |
Sampling | 111 | 147 | 229 | 487 |
Markets and stalls | — | 1088 | 31 | 1119 |
Slaughterhouses | — | 108 | — | 108 |
Futile visits | 977 | 2098 | 322 | 3397 |
All other matters | 1459 | 1635 | 548 | 3642 |
Revisits | 6053 | 8322 | 3078 | 17453 |
Total — all inspectors | 11763 | 17840 | 6071 | 35674 |
Smoke abatement
Observations 9
Intimations served —
Complaints received 7
Statutory notices served —
Legal proceedings —
Convictions —