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

Southwark 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Table: SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA Inspections and Sampling Visits

SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA Inspections and Sampling Visits

House to House1,050
Housing survey1,438
I Rehousing cases347
Rent Act312
Complaints2,738
Drainage2,490
Rodents: industrial premises281
dwellings629
Smoke observations and visits305
Factories and Workplaces847
Outworkers294
Common Lodging Houses103
Offensive Trades premises12
Pet Animals Act133
Hairdressers' premises50
Aged persons and burial cases369
Infectious diseases486
Milk premises and Dairies270
Catering and Ice Cream premises1,997
I Food at wharves and warehouses2,866
I Fishmongers' and fried fish premises65
Bakers' premises and bakehouses92
Week end markets87
Other food premises etc. (including Shops Act)1,965
Rag Flock and other filling materials2
Trade effluents16
Miscellaneous4,636
I Re-inspections6,539

Table: NOTICES

NOTICES

Intimation Notices1,054
Statutory Notices541
Defects in Council controlled property reported to Housing Manager25
Intimation Notices complied with1,007
Statutory Notices complied with387
Work carried out by Local Authority in default of owner26