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:—
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Reason for inspection | West | North | South | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
On complaint | 895 | 749 | 347 | 1991 |
House to house | 142 | 92 | - | 234 |
Improvement grants | 147 | 143 | 88 | 378 |
Houses let in lodgings | 2 | 1 | — | 3 |
Rent Acts | 54 | 51 | 19 | 124 |
Other Housing Act visits | 724 | 550 | 233 | 1507 |
Notice from builder | 337 | 171 | 122 | 630 |
Infectious diseases | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
Infestation | 101 | 95 | 75 | 271 |
Factories, mechanical | 22 | 10 | 25 | 57 |
Factories, non-mechanical | 9 | 9 | 11 | 29 |
Outworkers | 160 | 58 | 109 | 327 |
National Assistance Act, S47 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 21 |
Smoke observations | 9 | 39 | 65 | 113 |
Clean air inspections | — | 3353 | 9023 | 12376 |
Keeping of animals | 14 | 42 | 7 | 63 |
Water certificates | 98 | 19 | 5 | 122 |
Fireguards | 44 | - | - | 44 |
Crash helmets | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Hairdressers | 50 | 6 | 5 | 61 |
Pharmacy and poisons | 66 | 46 | 26 | 138 |
Milkshops | 36 | 27 | 39 | 102 |
Icecream premises | 132 | 75 | 76 | 283 |
Restaurants and eating houses | 119 | 119 | 205 | 443 |
Bakehouses | 22 | 23 | 9 | 54 |
Other food shops | 342 | 238 | 598 | 1178 |
Othershops | 21 | 44 | 21 | 86 |
Food inspections | 132 | 392 | 180 | 704 |
Sampling | 223 | 271 | 127 | 621 |
Markets and stalls | 2 | 427 | 69 | 498 |
Slaughterhouses | - | 79 | - | 79 |
Futile visits | 3542 | 2358 | 5735 | 11635 |
All other matters | 1635 | 1067 | 539 | 3241 |
Revisits | 6015 | 8548 | 3747 | 18310 |
Total — all inspectors | 15111 | 19128 | 21515 | 55754 |
Smoke abatement
Observations 113
Intimations served —
Complaints received 10
Statutory notices served —
Legal proceedings —
Convictions —