London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS AND VISITS MADE BY TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS
| Reasons for Visit | Type of Premises | Animal Boarding Establishments | Food Shops | Chemists Common | Lodging Houses | 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 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 21 | 1 | 29 | 3 | - | - | 60 | |
| Clean Air Act | - | 47 | - | - | 154 | 177 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | 230 | 46 | - | - | 663 | |
| Clearance Areas | - | 4 | 1 | - | 654 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 9 | - | - | 694 | |
| Complaints | - | 349 | 5 | - | 5,974 | 111 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 42 | 97 | 37 | 7 | 558 | 136 | 44 | 7 | 7,405 | |
| Consumer Protection Act | - | 5 | 1 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 69 | - | 6 | - | 95 | |
| Drainage | - | 147 | 8 | - | 2,960 | 126 | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | 68 | 121 | 37 | 7 | 525 | 552 | 8 | 34 | 4,604 | |
| Fish Curing | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | |
| Fish Frying | - | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | |
| Food Poisoning | - | 3 | - | - | 122 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 15 | 1 | 12 | - | - | 1 | 155 | |
| House to House | - | - | - | - | 1,410 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,410 | |
| Houses in Multiple Occupation | - | - | - | - | 4,550 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4,550 | |
| Housing Act 1957,Section 9 | - | - | - | - | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 51 | |
| Housing Act 1961,Section 16 | - | - | - | - | 302 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 302 | |
| Ice-cream | - | 121 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | 6 | - | 2 | 8 | - | 28 | - | 175 | |
| Improvement Area | - | - | - | - | 951 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | - | - | - | 990 | |
| Improvement Grant | - | - | - | - | 4,491 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4,491 | |
| Infectious Diseases | - | - | - | - | 453 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | 36 | - | - | - | 498 | |
| Infestation | - | 41 | 1 | - | 427 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 98 | 9 | - | - | 637 | |
| Milk | - | 76 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 92 | |
| Mortgages | - | - | - | - | 571 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 571 | |
| Notice of Builder | - | 16 | - | - | 341 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 23 | 11 | - | 45 | 201 | - | 3 | 643 | |
| Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act | - | 924 | 26 | - | - | 55 | 73 | 49 | 54 | 7 | 227 | 424 | - | 32 : | 1,412 | - | 1 | 294 | 3,578 | |
| OSR Accidents | - | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 42 | |
| Outworkers | - | - | - | - | 83 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 83 | |
| Pharmacy and Poisons net | - | 45 | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 60 | - | - | - | 125 | |
| Pressed, Potted and Pickled Food | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 17 |