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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

Islington 1958

[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 public health inspectors during the year :—Table 23

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 23

Reason for inspectionWestNorthSouthTotal
On complaint10649544242442
House to house————
Improvement grants31442297
Houses let in lodgings—1—1
Rent Acts330184113627
Other Housing Act visits3873982491034
Notice from builder29722885610
Infectious diseases931646
Infestation12116646333
Factories, mechanical523670158
Factories, non-mechanical88622
Outworkers1014160202
National Assistance Act, S47—6713
Smoke observations82313
Clean air inspections199623353332
Keeping of Animals3131026
Water certificates1303411175
Fireguards1714940
Crash helmets14191346
Hairdressers3561253
Pharmacy and poisons66732141
Milkshops20273481
Icecream premises1285140219
Restaurants and eating houses70124169363
Bakehouses17411169
Other food shops2523454891086
Other shops177510102
Food inspections91325128544
Sampling105235152492
Markets and stalls—70424728
Slaughterhouses—65—65
Futile visits816243622695521
All other matters123612043972837
Revisits59418106283916886
Total — all inspectors11367169921004538404

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Smoke abatement
Observations 13
Intimations served —
Complaints received 6
Statutory notices served —
Legal proceedings —
Convictions —