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Chislehurst 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]

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17
URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CHISLEHURST
AND SIDCUP.
REPORT OF THE CHIEF SANITARY AND
SHOPS ACTS INSPECTOR
For the Year ended 31st December, 1941.
Mr. Chairman, Madam and Gentlemen,
I have the honour of submitting a Report on the Sanitary
and Shops Acts inspection carried out in the District during
the year ended 31st December, 1941.
1. Inspections—General.
A total of 11,042 inspections were made during the year, as
follow:—
4,397 to dwelling-houses (Public Health Acts)
447 „ dwelling-houses (Housing Acts)
73 „ farms, dairies and cowsheds
9 „ slaughterhouses
55 „ piggeries
57 „ bakehouses
38 „ fish friers
425 „ other food preparing premises
143 „ factories with mechanical power
39 „ factories without mechanical power
710 „ premises for rats and mice
222 „ cases of infectious disease
345 „ vans and sheds
156 „ pickers' huts
21 „ smoke abatement
203 „ water supplies
406 „ shops
38 „ milk sampling (bacteriological)
83 „ milk sampling (Food and Drugs Act)
109 „ other food samples (Food and Drugs Act)
2,594 „ public air raid shelters