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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Lewisham 1957

[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: Table 26

Table 26

Reason for inspectionWestNorthSouthTotal
On complaint8338963482077
House to house57——57
Improvement grants478126154
Houses let in lodgings62—8
Rent Acts23518886509
Other Housing Act visits358335211904
Notice from builder13918480403
Infectious diseases14171647
Infestation277160104541
Factories, mechanical725546173
Factories, non-mechanical174829
Outworkers6364105232
National Assistance Act, S471815134
Smoke observations2349
Clean air inspections2171201—1418
Keeping of Animals891633
Water certificates29262277
Fireguards----
Hairdressers491831
Pharmacy and poisons78772157
Milkshops17252870
Icecream premises19911938356
Restaurants and eating houses81108187376
Bakehouses1340356
Other food shops219344362925
Other shops2354784
Food inspections137426145708
Sampling111147229487
Markets and stalls—1088311119
Slaughterhouses—108—108
Futile visits97720983223397
All other matters145916355483642
Revisits60538322307817453
Total — all inspectors1176317840607135674

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Smoke abatement
Observations 9
Intimations served —
Complaints received 7
Statutory notices served —
Legal proceedings —
Convictions —