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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 1959

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

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36
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 25

Table 25

Reason for inspectionWestNorthSouthTotal
On complaint8547672851906
House to house162—18
Improvement grants11117166348
Houses let in lodgings—2—2
Rent Acts934637176
Other Housing Act visits3674921931052
Notice from builder339209110658
Infectious diseases11152248
Infestation7812261261
Factories, mechanical5323108184
Factories, non-mechanical57113
Outworkers1194060219
National Assistance Act, S47145120
Smoke observations2394173
Clean air inspections—70591599864
Keeping of Animals18371267
Water certificates13090—220
Fireguards173121
Crash helmets—213
Hairdressers3512148
Pharmacy and poisons67717145
Milkshops27203279
Icecream premises1558487326
Restaurants and eating houses139109288536
Bakehouses340952
Other food shops3061996431148
Other shops875127165
Food inspections108450190748
Sampling162258181601
Markets and stalls249522519
Slaughterhouses—72—72
Futile visits980156965929141
All other matters135811045352997
Revisits54389828292518191
Total — all inspectors11115171092169749921

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Smoke abatement
Observations 73
Intimations served —
Complaints received 14
Statutory notices served —
Legal proceedings
Convictions —