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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canteens | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | 35 | – | 19 | – | – | – | 64 | |
| Clean Air Act | – | 3 | – | – | 92 | 119 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | 75 | 49 | – | – | 343 | |
| Clearance Areas | – | – | – | – | 428 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | 433 | |
| Complaints | – | 107 | 2 | – | 4,132 | 89 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 430 | 118 | – | 8 | 4,948 | |
| Consumer Protection Act | – | 4 | – | – | 7 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 28 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 58 | – | 1 | – | 111 | |
| Drainage | – | 43 | 1 | – | 1,633 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | – | 7 | 12 | 40 | 4 | 118 | 408 | 2 | – | 2,309 | |
| Fish Curing | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | |
| Fish Frying | – | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 48 | –_ | –_ | 2 | – | – | – | 98 | |
| Food Poisoning | – | 14 | – | – | 250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 8 | 1 | 26 | – | – | – | 302 | |
| House to House | – | – | – | – | 1,380 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,380 | |
| Houses in Multiple Occupation | – | – | – | – | 801 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 802 | |
| Housing Act, Section 9 | – | – | – | – | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 67 | |
| Housing Act, Section 16 | – | – | – | – | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 147 | |
| Ice Cream | – | 63 | – | – | 3 | 16 | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | 14 | – | – | 2 | – | 10 | – | 112 | |
| Improvement Area | – | – | – | – | 643 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 643 | |
| Improvement Grant | – | – | – | – | 1,285 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | 1,291 | |
| Infectious Diseases | – | 5 | – | – | 664 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 2 | – | 101 | – | – | – | 787 | |
| Infestation | – | 12 | 1 | 3 | 206 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 12 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 34 | – | – | 1 | 320 | |
| Milk | – | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 33 | |
| Mortgages | – | – | – | – | 735 | – | – | – | – | – | – | –_ | – | – | – | – | – | – | 735 | |
| Notice of Builder | – | 8 | – | – | 410 | 6 | – | – | 1 | – | 5 | 5 | 2 | – | 25 | 330 | – | 1 | 793 | |
| Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act | – | 465 | 16 | 3 | – | 63 | 97 | 26 | 31 | 2 | 63 | 167 | – | 8 | 862 | – | 1 | 627 | 2,431 | |
| O.S.R. Accidents | – | 11 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | – | – | – | 28 | |
| Outworkers | – | 1 | – | – | 73 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | –_ | – | – | – | – | – | – | 75 | |
| Pharmacy and Poisons Act | – | 47 | 4 | – | – | – | 2 | 39 | 1 | – | – | –__ | – | 1 | 53 | – | – | – | 147 | |
| Pressed, Potted and Pickled Food | – | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | |
| Rag Flock etc. Act | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | |
| Rent Acts | – | – | – | – | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | |
| Rodent Control | – | 27 | – | – | 284 | 8 | 2 | 2 | – | 3 | 6 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 95 | 5 | 1 | – | 481 | |
| Sampling | – | 193 | 3 | – | 4 | 12 | – | 85 | 6 | – | 1 | 19 | – | 21 | 87 | – | 16 | – | 447 | |
| Sausage Manufacturer | – | 20 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | |
| Unsound Food | – | 156 | – | – | 35 | 9 | – | 86 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 32 | 161 | 35 | – | – | – | 560 | |
| Food Hygiene | – | 654 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 34 | 3 | 68 | 26 | 10 | 263 | 834 | 72 | 14 | 87 | – | 328 | – | 2,438 | |
| Housing Applications | – | – | – | – | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 140 | |
| Registered Premises | – | 84 | – | – | – | 66 | – | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 187 | |
| Immigrants | – | – | – | – | 287 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 287 | |
| Miscellaneous | – | 50 | 2 | 3 | 1,106 | 110 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 27 | 8 | 1,020 | 135 | 8 | 12 | 2,568 | |
| Flood Incident | – | 7 | – | – | 454 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | – | 17 | – | – | – | 484 | |
| Re-visits | – | 382 | 20 | 1 | 10,590 | 951 | 54 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 78 | 88 | 45 | 756 | 675 | 51 | 97 | 13,839 | |
| Totals | – | 2,456 | 56 | 16 | 25,908 | 1,519 | 227 | 360 | 86 | 54 | 434 | 1,368 | 321 | 276 | 3,938 | 1,720 | 418 | 746 | 39,903 | |