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

Lewisham 1969

Published: 1970
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HEALTH CENTRES AND CLINICS: Maternal and Child Health, and School Health

Name and Address Type of Clinic
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Table 1 TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE REGISTERED DURING 1969
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Table 1— continued

Cause of Death Sex All ages Under 4 tvks 4 toks under 1 year Age in years
1- 5- 15- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65- 75 +

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Table 2 HEART AND CIRCULATION MORTALITY

year	Deaths from			Total Heart & circulation(all ages)	age group 45-65		Total deaths in Borough	Percentage (e) of (g) of(f) of (h)(h)(h)
year	Coronary diseases	Other heart diseases	Other circulatorydiseases	Total Heart & circulation(all ages)	Coronary diseases	Total	Total deaths in Borough	Percentage (e) of (g) of(f) of (h)(h)(h)

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Table 3 LUNG CANCER

MALE FEMALE
Year All cancer deaths Lung cancer deaths (c) as % of (b) All cancer deaths Lung cancer deaths (f)as % of(e)
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g)
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Table 4 MORBIDITY SHOWN IN INSURANCE CERTIFICATES

Weekly average for period ending 1968 1969

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Table 5 GENERAL STATISTICS FROM 1960

Year	Population	Death rate *	% dying under age 45	% dying underage 65	Birth rate *	Maternal Death rate †	Still-birth rate †	Infant mortality rate * *	Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Year	Population	Death rate *	% dying under age 45	% dying underage 65	Birth rate *	Maternal Death rate †	Still-birth rate †	Infant mortality rate * *	Notif rate † †	Death rate † †

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Attachment and Liaison Arrangements

Groups Family Doctors Health Visitors
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Table 6 VISITS TO HOMES
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Table 7 Congenital malformations reported
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Table 8 Congenital malformations reported: by parity

Parity Number of Children
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Table 9

1969
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Table 10

Day Nursery Admissions Discharges
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Table 11

1968 (9 mths only) 1969
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Table 12
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Table 13

Equipment No. issued during 1968 Total stock held on stock register No. on loan at present
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Table 14 DENTAL SERVICES FOR EXPECTANT AND NURSING MOTHERS AND CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS

At Attendances and Treatment Number of Visits for Treatment During Year Children 0-4 (inch) Expectant and Nursing Mothers
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Table 15
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Table 16 OBSERVATION/HANDICAP REGISTER

Type of School Schoolchildren Total
No. attending Day school No. attending Boarding school
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Table 17 Year of Birth of School Children on Observation!Handicap Register

Year of Birth No. of schoolchildren
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Table 18 Children Attending Special Schools or Units (Special School/Unit Age Range 2 years to 16+ years)

Type of Schooll Unit Day Boarding Total
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Table 19
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ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS—DEFECTS Number of children noted for treatment or observation expressed as a rate per 1,000 inspected. Table 20
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Table 21
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Table 22 NON-ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS

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ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS—VISION This table is a statement of the visual acuity of pupils whose vision was tested at routine medical inspections, divided into those not wearing and those wearing glasses, together with the proportions noted for treatment or observation. Table 23

Number tested		Percentage of number tested																C—Boys and Girls
Number tested		A—Not wearing glasses								B—Wearing glasses								Percentage of number tested with and without glasses
		6/6		6/9		6/12 or worse		Noted for treatment		6/6		6/9		6/12 or worse		Noted for treatment		Noted for Treat ment
Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls

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Table 24 COMPARISON OF DEFECTS NOTED AT 7-PLUS ROUTINE AND 7-PLUS 'SPECIAL' MEDICAL INSPECTIONS IN 1969 Number of children noted for treatment and observation expressed as a rate per 1,000 inspected
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School health social worker attachment was as follows:—
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Co-ordinating Committee The Co-ordinating Committee met on eight occasions during the year and 59 case conferences were convened at the request of various agencies, as follows:—
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Table 25 CASES RECEIVING SERVICE AS AT 31st DECEMBER 1969 (1968 figures in brackets)

Office Maternity Tuberculosis Aged 65 and over Aged under 65 chronically sick Others Total
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Table 26
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Table 27 ANALYSIS OF BOOKINGS AND ATTENDANCES AT FOOT CLINICS

Clinic Sessions Bookings Attendances Failures No. of persons attending
1969 1968 1969 1968 1969 1968 1969 1968 1969
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Table 28 STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCES

1969 1968
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Table 29

NEW CASES Age groups ATTENDANCES ANALYSIS Number attending clinics
1969 1968
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Table 30

New Cross Cambridge
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Table 31

Diseases Cases notified
1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963
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Table 32 NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN 1969 SHOWING SEX AND AGE GROUPS

Disease Under 1 1– 2– 4– 5– 10– 15– 25– 45– 65+ Total
M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F
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TUBERCULOSIS Table 33 TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFICATIONS AT AGES

Age periods New cases notified Non- Totals
Respiratory Respiratory
M F M F M F

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FOOD POISONING Table 34 FOOD POISONING CASES

Causative agent	General Outbreaks		Family Outbreaks		Sporadic Cases	Total	Total
	No. of separate outbreaks	No. of cases notified or ascertained	No. of separate outbreaks	No. of cases notified or ascertained	Notified or ascertained	No. of outbreaks and sporadic cases columns (1+3 + 5) (	No. of cases columns 2 + 4 + 5)
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

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Table 34 — continued DETAILS OF FOOD POISONING DUE TO SALMONELLAE OTHER THAN S.TYPHIMURIUM

Type of salmonella 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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Table 35

Patients Men Women Total
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Table 36 NON-TUBERCULOUS ABNORMALITIES

MEN WOMEN

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Table 37

	Numbers examined			Cases of tuberculosis requiring treatment or close supervision			NOT PREVIOUSLY EXAMINED (included in previous columns)
	Numbers examined						NUMBERS			CASES
	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total

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Table 38 IMMUNISATION AND VACCINATION

Type of vaccine or dose Primary courses completed Year of birth Others underage 16 yrs. Total
1969 1968 1967 1966 1962-65
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Table 39

Specimens Number Remarks

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Table 40 SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS AND VISITS MADE BY TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS

Reason for Visit	Type of premises	Animal Boarding Establishments	Food Shops	Chemists	Common LodgingHouses	Dwelling Houses	Factories	Hairdressers	Multiple Stores	Off Licences	Pet Shops	Public Houses	Restaurants and Cafes	Schools	Wholesale Shops and Warehouses	Other Types of Premises	Sites	Markets, Stalls, etc.	Offices	Totals

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Table 41 SUMMARY OF NOTICES SERVED
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Table 42 DETAILS OF REPAIRS CARRIED OUT

Repairs Total
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Table 43 INSPECTIONS

Premises Number on register Number of
Inspections Written notices Occupiers prosecuted
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Table 44 CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND

Defects No. of defects Prosecutions instituted
Found Remedied Referred
To HM Inspector By HM Inspector
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Table 45

Trade Outworkers employed
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Table 46
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Table 47

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Table 48 REGISTRATIONS AND GENERAL INSPECTIONS

Class of premises	Number of premises newly registered during the year	Total number of registered premises at end of year	Number of registered premises receiving one or more general inspections during the year

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Table 49 PERSONS EMPLOYED IN REGISTERED PREMISES BY WORKPLACE

Class of work place Number of persons employed
(1) (2)
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DISINFECTION AND PERSONAL CLEANSING Details of the work carried out during the year are as follows:— Table 50
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Table 51

Type of Properly All other (including business premises) Total
Local authority Dwelling houses (including council houses)
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SWIMMING BATHS There are five public swimming baths in the Borough. The following table shows details of the laboratory tests taken during the year:— Table 52

Bath Number of tests Variation of chlorine (p.p.m.)
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Table 53

Area No. and name No. of dwellings Date of operation Area No. and Name No. of dwellings Date of operation
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Table 54 ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS IN 1969

January February March April May June July August September October November December Average or actual
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Table 55 HOUSING ACT, 1957—PART 2

No. of cases or notices served Dwellings made fit
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Table 56 HOUSING ACT, 1957—PART 3

Number
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Table 57 HOUSING (FINANCIAL PROVISIONS) ACT, 1958

No. of houses inspected No. of houses made fit
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Table 58 HOUSING ACTS 1957—1969—HOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION

Housing Act, 1957 Number
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Table 59 HOUSING ACT, 1969—PART 3—QUALIFICATION CERTIFICATES

Number No. of dwellings made fit
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Table 60 HOUSING ACT, 1964—IMPROVEMENT AREAS

During year Total to date
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Table 61 HOUSING ACT, 1969—GENERAL IMPROVEMENT AREAS

During year Total to date
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Table 62 HOUSING ACT, 1964—SECTION 19. REPRESENTATION BY TENANT

In Improvement Areas In General Improvement Areas Outside Areas
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Table 63 HOUSING ACT, 1964—TENEMENT BLOCKS

In General Improvement Areas Outside General Improvement Areas
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Table 64 * HOUSING ACT, 1969—GRANTS

Number of Approved Dwellings Completed
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Table 65

Made Fit Repairs Done
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Table 66
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Table 67

Licences issued during 1969 Total licences issued
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Table 68

Samples %
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Table 69 FOOD GENERALLY
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Table 70 Samples Analysed

Articles Examined Adulterated
Formal Informal Formal Informal
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Table 71 Non-genuine Samples

Article Formal or informal Adulteration or irregularity Action taken
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Table 72

Type of premises Number of premises Number provided with wash-hand basins Number with facilities for washing food and equipment
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Table 73
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Table 74

Number of cases Fines Costs
£ s. d. £ s. d.
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Table 75

Type 1969 Total
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Totals for the year are shown in the table:— Table 76

Country of origin Tonnage imported

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Table 77 Average results of the chemical examination of the water supplied to the Borough of Lewisham during 1969 Milligrammes per litre (unless otherwise stated)

Description of the Sample	Number of Samples Day of the month	Ammoniacal Nitrogen	Albuminoid Nitrogen	Nitrate Nitrogen	Oxygen abs. from KMnO4 4 hrs. at 27° C.	Hardness (total) CaCO3	Hardness (non-carbonate) CaCO3	Magnesium as Mg	Sodium as Na	Potassium as K	Chloride as CI	Phosphate as PO4	Silicate as SiO2	Sulphate as SO4	Natural Fluoride as F	Surface-active material as Manoxol OT	Turbidity units	Colour (Burgess units)	pH value	Electrical Conductivity (micromhos)

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Table 78 Bacteriological Results—Yearly Averages, 1969 of water supplied to the Borough of Lewisham

Source of supply	BEFORE TREATMENT							AFTER TREATMENT
	Number of samples	Agar plate count per ml.		Coliform count		Escherichia coli count		Number of samples	Agar plate count per. ml.		Coliform count	E. coli count
	Number of samples	20-24 hours at ire	3 days at 22°C.	Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml.	Count per 100 ml.	Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml.	Count per 100 ml.	Number of samples	20-24 hours at ire.	3 days at 22° C.	Per cent. samples negative in 100ml.	Per cent. samples negative in 100ml.

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Table 79

Lewisham Mortuary Deptford Mortuary Total
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Table 80

Cemetery No. of burials
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Table 81

Country Number of Immigrants Number of first successful visits
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A few examples of the types of cases rehoused under this latest proviso follow:—

Family Resident in Borough Medical grounds for rehousing
Age years Accommodation

MALE				FEMALE
Year	All cancer deaths	Lung cancer deaths	(c) as % of (b)	All cancer deaths	Lung cancer deaths	(f)as % of(e)
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)

Age periods	New cases notified Non-				Totals
	Respiratory		Respiratory		Totals
	M	F	M	F	M	F

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HEALTH CENTRES AND CLINICS: Maternal and Child Health, and School Health

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Table 1 TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE REGISTERED DURING 1969

Table 1— continued

Table 2 HEART AND CIRCULATION MORTALITY

Table 3 LUNG CANCER

Table 4 MORBIDITY SHOWN IN INSURANCE CERTIFICATES

Table 5 GENERAL STATISTICS FROM 1960

Attachment and Liaison Arrangements

Table 6 VISITS TO HOMES

Table 7 Congenital malformations reported

Table 8 Congenital malformations reported: by parity

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Table 10

Table 11

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Table 13

Table 14 DENTAL SERVICES FOR EXPECTANT AND NURSING MOTHERS AND CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS

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Table 16 OBSERVATION/HANDICAP REGISTER

Table 17 Year of Birth of School Children on Observation!Handicap Register

Table 18 Children Attending Special Schools or Units (Special School/Unit Age Range 2 years to 16+ years)

Table 19

ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS—DEFECTS Number of children noted for treatment or observation expressed as a rate per 1,000 inspected. Table 20

Table 21

Table 22 NON-ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS

ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS—VISION This table is a statement of the visual acuity of pupils whose vision was tested at routine medical inspections, divided into those not wearing and those wearing glasses, together with the proportions noted for treatment or observation. Table 23

Table 24 COMPARISON OF DEFECTS NOTED AT 7-PLUS ROUTINE AND 7-PLUS 'SPECIAL' MEDICAL INSPECTIONS IN 1969 Number of children noted for treatment and observation expressed as a rate per 1,000 inspected

School health social worker attachment was as follows:—

Co-ordinating Committee The Co-ordinating Committee met on eight occasions during the year and 59 case conferences were convened at the request of various agencies, as follows:—

Table 25 CASES RECEIVING SERVICE AS AT 31st DECEMBER 1969 (1968 figures in brackets)

Table 26

Table 27 ANALYSIS OF BOOKINGS AND ATTENDANCES AT FOOT CLINICS

Table 28 STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCES

Table 29

Table 30

Table 31

Table 32 NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN 1969 SHOWING SEX AND AGE GROUPS

TUBERCULOSIS Table 33 TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFICATIONS AT AGES

FOOD POISONING Table 34 FOOD POISONING CASES

Table 34 — continued DETAILS OF FOOD POISONING DUE TO SALMONELLAE OTHER THAN S.TYPHIMURIUM

Table 35

Table 36 NON-TUBERCULOUS ABNORMALITIES

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Table 38 IMMUNISATION AND VACCINATION

Table 39

Table 40 SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS AND VISITS MADE BY TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS

Table 41 SUMMARY OF NOTICES SERVED

Table 42 DETAILS OF REPAIRS CARRIED OUT

Table 43 INSPECTIONS

Table 44 CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND

Table 45

Table 46

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Table 48 REGISTRATIONS AND GENERAL INSPECTIONS

Table 49 PERSONS EMPLOYED IN REGISTERED PREMISES BY WORKPLACE

DISINFECTION AND PERSONAL CLEANSING Details of the work carried out during the year are as follows:— Table 50

Table 51

SWIMMING BATHS There are five public swimming baths in the Borough. The following table shows details of the laboratory tests taken during the year:— Table 52

Table 53

Table 54 ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS IN 1969

Table 55 HOUSING ACT, 1957—PART 2

Table 56 HOUSING ACT, 1957—PART 3

Table 57 HOUSING (FINANCIAL PROVISIONS) ACT, 1958

Table 58 HOUSING ACTS 1957—1969—HOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION

Table 59 HOUSING ACT, 1969—PART 3—QUALIFICATION CERTIFICATES

Table 60 HOUSING ACT, 1964—IMPROVEMENT AREAS

Table 61 HOUSING ACT, 1969—GENERAL IMPROVEMENT AREAS

Table 62 HOUSING ACT, 1964—SECTION 19. REPRESENTATION BY TENANT

Table 63 HOUSING ACT, 1964—TENEMENT BLOCKS

Table 64 * HOUSING ACT, 1969—GRANTS

Table 65