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 Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Number of district. | Compara- tive figures for 1933. | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Totals | ||
Inspections— | |||||||||
On complaint | 128 | 240 | 173 | 208 | 187 | 131 | 118 | 1242 | 1049 |
House-to-house— | |||||||||
1. Where defects found | 232 | 187 | 211 | 208 | 94 | 119 | 55 | 1106 | 1238 |
2. Where no defects found | 74 | 49 | 91 | 79 | 33 | 65 | 35 | 426 | 349 |
On occurrence of Infection | 118 | 142 | 120 | 146 | 187 | 190 | 156 | 1059 | 1320 |
On Notice from builder | 75 | 43 | 48 | 71 | 49 | 55 | 70 | 411 | 344 |
Reference from T. B. Dispensary | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 14 |
Market Inspection | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 89 | 88 |
Factories | 2 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 82 | 79 |
Workshops | 3 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 44 |
Milk premises | 35 | 117 | 53 | 21 | 35 | 69 | 18 | 348 | 395 |
Workplaces | 11 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 58 | 92 |
Food premises (restaurants, etc.) | 29 | 6 | 65 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 144 | 160 |
Butchers' premises | ... | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 37 | 50 |
Fish premises | 26 | 21 | 20 | 51 | 28 | 35 | 26 | 207 | 218 |
Common Lodging Houses | ... | 8 | 53 | ... | ... | 14 | 18 | 93 | 146 |
Offensive businesses | ... | ... | 28 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 30 | 26 |
Ice Cream premises | 3 | 19 | 35 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 7 | 114 | 154 |
Bakehouses | 19 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 95 | 102 |
Outworkers' premises | 11 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 65 | 107 |
Miscellaneous inspections | 207 | 350 | 385 | 263 | 251 | 540 | 354 | 2350 | 2191 |
Total inspections | 1044 | 1250 | 1402 | 1128 | 965 | 1326 | 924 | 8039 | 8166 |
Re-inspections, Calls, etc. | 2146 | 2186 | 2635 | 2887 | 2384 | 2475 | 2991 | 17704 | 18105 |
Smoke observations | 2 | 2 | 7 | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 19 |
Notices Served— | |||||||||
Intimation | 436 | 394 | 365 | 530 | 333 | 331 | 267 | 2656 | 2748 |
Statutory | 48 | 131 | 79 | 187 | 70 | 82 | 35 | 632 | 777 |
Housing Act (Sec. 17) | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 4 | 18 |
Premises in respect of which notices were complied with | 526 | 435 | 415 | 575 | 345 | 370 | 311 | 2977 | 3116 |
Premises in respect of which works in compliance with notices served during the year 1934 were outstanding at the end of the year | 53 | 52 | 22 | 50 | 47 | 59 | 31 | 314 | 279 |
Description of Sanitary Im-provemeuts effected during the year— | |||||||||
Number of rooms cleansed | 767 | 802 | 677 | 814 | 496 | 441 | 202 | 4199 | 4517 |
Defective roofs repaired | 68 | 103 | 32 | 70 | 33 | 61 | 26 | 393 | 473 |
Gutters or rainwater pipes pro vided or repaired | 75 | 108 | 50 | 72 | 34 | 38 | 23 | 400 | 427 |
Dampness abated Yards and forecourts paved o | 33 | 66 | 80 | 54 | 42 | 75 | 36 | 386 | 502 |
paving repaired | 5C | 77 | 72 | 48 | 55 | 52 | 42 | 396 | 467 |
Water Fittings repaired | 15 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 24 | 109 | 117 |