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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

Bexley 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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Table: TABLE No. 1.

TABLE No. 1.

Number of complaints received and investigated418
,, Statutory Notices served9
,, Statutory Notices complied with6
,, Informal notices, letters, etc.632

Table: TABLE No. 2.Details of Inspection Work carried out during the year.

TABLE No. 2.

Details of Inspection Work carried out during the year.

Number ofInspections sRe-in-pections
Houses Inspected Housing Acts (all particulars recorded)4552018
Houses Inspected (defects only recorded)78648
Houses Inspected (Housing Act, 1936, Overcrowding)23523
Houses Inspected re Infectious Disease298—
Inspections—Factories11812
Outworkers20—
Schools10—
Refuse Tips155—
Van Dwellers8—
Bakehouses4216
Slaughterhouses820—
Meat Shops and Premises where food is prepared1399
Cowsheds and Dairies426
Common Lodging House10—
re Offensive Accumulations7584
re Keeping of Animals3327
re Rats80126
re Offensive Trades148—
re Verminous Premises5666
re Insufficient Ashplace Accommodation7388
Drains Inspected9081112
Drains Tested (Water, Smoke or Grenade)1854—
Housing Estate Visits—
Inspections175—
Re-inspections—564
Miscellaneous Visits1384—
Miscellaneous Inspections (including Refuse Removal, Conveniences)2839_