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 Beckenham]
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SANITARY inspection of the district 1941 Summary of Inspections and Visits.
Visits and Inspections | |
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Overcrowding | 6 |
Housing | 21) 1 |
Nuisances | 1167 |
Cowsheds | 65 |
Milkshops | 253 |
Bakehouses | 135 |
Butchers' shops | 352 |
Slaughterhouses | 4 |
Places where food is prepared | 47 |
Shops where food is stored | 482 |
Factories | 262 |
Outworkers | 18 |
Rats and Mice Act | 333 |
Stables | 108 |
Fried Fish shops | 59 |
Ice Cream vendors | 1 |
Verminous premises | 53 |
Drainage | 614 |
Infectious disease | 59 |
Samples taken under Sale of Food andDrugsActs | 201 |
Samples of Milk taken for Bacteriological Examination | 12 |
Samples of Water | 37 |
Shops Acts | 90 |
Miscellaneous | 342 |
Interviews | 1897 |
Civil Defence: A.R.P. Lectures & Demonstrations | 459 |
Bomb damage to premises & drains | 1 746 |
Bomb damage to Food Shops | 54 |
Billeting | 3 |
Shelter Inspections | 13 |
9113 |
Nature of Nuisance or Defects Remedied.
No. of defects Remedied. | |
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Choked Drains | 414 |
Drains defective or altered | 151 |
Defective gullies | 2 |
Defective W.C. pans or choked W.C.s | 31 |
Flushing apparatus to W.C. defective | 6 |