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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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 24
Reason for inspection | West | North | South | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
On complaint | 773 | 852 | 331 | 1,956 |
House to house | 13 | 1 | 13 | 27 |
Improvement grants | 89 | 95 | 70 | 254 |
Houses in multiple occupation | 10 | 22 | 11 | 43 |
Rent Acts | 23 | 13 | 11 | 47 |
Mortgage survey | 443 | 380 | 203 | 1,026 |
Other Housing Act visits | 134 | 143 | 28 | 305 |
Notice from builder | 510 | 628 | 43 | 1,181 |
Infectious diseases | 7 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
Infestation | 64 | 118 | 65 | 247 |
Factories, mechanical | 29 | 26 | 23 | 78 |
Factories, non-mechanical | 3 | 6 | _ | 9 |
Outworkers | 53 | 58 | 33 | 144 |
Clean air inspections | 4,365 | 6,228 | 1,099 | 11,692 |
Pet animals Act | 27 | 18 | 8 | 53 |
Water certificates | 67 | 69 | 22 | 158 |
Fireguards | 13 | 13 | _ | 26 |
Hairdressers | 17 | 2 | - | 19 |
Pharmacy and poisons | 60 | 62 | 35 | 157 |
Icecream premises | 84 | 23 | 36 | 143 |
Restaurants, cafes, etc | 146 | 56 | 76 | 278 |
Bakehouses | 20 | 5 | 4 | 29 |
Food shops and stalls | 341 | 286 | 291 | 918 |
Other shops and stalls | 14 | 57 | 19 | 90 |
Food inspections | 94 | 101 | 548 | 743 |
Sampling | 144 | 123 | 203 | 470 |
Futile visits | 3,967 | 3,851 | 2,387 | 10,205 |
All other matters | 1,368 | 1,319 | 922 | 3,609 |
Revisits | 3,794 | 5,498 | 4,813 | 14,105 |
Total — all inspectors | 16,672 | 20,065 | 11,300 | 48,037 |
Smoke abatement
Observations 10
Intimations served —
Complaints 4
Statutory notices served —
Legal proceedings -
Convictions —