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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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Table 29. ROUTINE INSPECTIONS.
| Premises. | Number of Places | No. of Inspections 1908. | No. of Notices 1908. | No. of Prosecutions 1908. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1907. | Added in 1908. | Removed in 1908. | On Register at end of 1908 | ||||
| Milk premises | 165 | 66 | 53 | 178 | 337 | 7 | — |
| Cow sheds | 14 | — | — | — | 153 | 1 | — |
| Slaughter houses | 16 | — | — | — | 126 | — | - |
| Other offensive Trade premises | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ice cream premises | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Registered houses Let | |||||||
| in Lodgings | 15 | — | — | — | 162 | a 7 | — |
| b34 | |||||||
| Restaurants | 53 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 80 | 17 | — |
| Bakehouses | 99 | — | 1 | 98 | 318 | 17 | — |
| Stable Yards, etc. | 49 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 54 | 5 | — |
Not in use at present.
a Overcrowding, b Other conditions.
Total number of intimation notices served for all
purposes, 2379.
Overcrowding :—Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded
10, and workrooms 8—remedied all, proceedings, nil.
Underground rooms :—Illegal occupation dealt with and
number of rooms closed, nil.
Insanitary Houses:—Number closed under the Public
Health (London) Act and Housing of the Working Classes
Act, nil.
Premises cleansed under Section 20 of the London
County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904, .