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 23
Reason for inspection | West | North | South | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
On complaint | 1,160 | 941 | 412 | 2,513 |
House to house | 2 | 16 | 11 | 29 |
Improvement grants | 133 | 164 | 119 | 416 |
Houses in multiple occupation | 63 | 48 | 7 | 118 |
Rent Acts | 19 | 11 | 6 | 36 |
Mortgage survey | 484 | 446 | 324 | 1,254 |
Other Housing Act visits | 145 | 123 | 33 | 301 |
Notice from builder | 608 | 601 | 101 | 1,310 |
Infectious diseases | 28 | 156 | 8 | 192 |
Infestation | 63 | 73 | 35 | 171 |
Factories, mechanical | 9 | 2 | 44 | 55 |
Factories, non-mechanical | 1 | 3 | - | 4 |
Outworkers | 38 | 35 | 40 | 113 |
Clean air inspections | 4,542 | 5,777 | 109 | 10,428 |
Pet animals Act | 20 | 9 | 6 | 35 |
Water certificates | 36 | 91 | 2 | 129 |
Fireguards | 13 | 12 | 25 | |
Hairdressers | 22 | 19 | 2 | 43 |
Pharmacy and poisons | 51 | 62 | 38 | 151 |
Icecream premises | 101 | 15 | 23 | 139 |
Restaurants, cafes, etc. | 166 | 50 | 93 | 309 |
Bakehouses | 20 | 6 | 8 | 34 |
Food shops and stalls | 401 | 198 | 335 | 934 |
Other shops and stalls | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
Food inspections | 87 | 109 | 341 | 537 |
Sampling | 137 | 63 | 138 | 338 |
Futile visits | 3,501 | 4,107 | 1,918 | 9,526 |
All other matters | 1,478 | 1,272 | 979 | 3,729 |
Revisits | 4,515 | 5,143 | 4,342 | 14,000 |
Total—all inspections | 17,852 | 19,558 | 9,482 | 46,892 |
Smoke abatement
Observations 3
Intimations served —
Complaints 1
Statutory notices served —
Legal proceedings —
Convictions —