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 Southwark, Borough of]
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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICE
Number of complaints received | 6,643 |
Inspections: | |
Nuisance inspections | 7,128 |
Re-inspections | 11,839 |
House-to-house | 163 |
Overcrowding | 119 |
Offensive trade | 22 |
Factories and workplace | 609 |
Outworkers' premises | 227 |
Verminous premises and persons | 862 |
Common lodging houses | 112 |
Conveniences, public and private | 569 |
Pet animal premises | 91 |
Hairdressers and barbers | 272 |
Rent Act, 1957 | 25 |
Miscellaneous inspections | 7,812 |
Infectious diseases | 1,474 |
Infectious diseases, visits to contacts and re-inspections | 1,751 |
Drainage (new buildings): | |
Inspections | 5,489 |
Tests applied | 3,336 |
Drains constructed | 1,971 |
Drainage (existing buildings): | |
Inspections | 2,964 |
Tests applied | 817 |
Drains found defective | 235 |
Drains totally reconstructed | 115 |
Drains repaired or partially reconstructed | 1,182 |
Fat extractors | 2 |
Manure manufacturer | 1 |
Skin dressers | 7 |
Fellmongers | 3 |
Glue and size manufacturer | 1 |
Twenty-two inspections of these premises were made.
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