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Chislehurst 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]

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38
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.
Full details of the work carried out by the Inspectors will be
found in Table VI in the appendix.

Table: The following is a summary of the totals under the respective headings :—

The following is a summary of the totals under the respective headings :—

Total number of Inspections and Visits.
Housing4,639
Infectious Diseases884
Food Premises, Sampling, Visits, etc2,151
Factories, Outworkers, etc.366
Moveable Dwellings671
Smoke Abatement and Shops Act655
Rodent Control1,536
Miscellaneous523
11,425

Table: Notices issued :—

Notices issued :—

Preliminary:
General Sanitary Defects184
Food Premises226
Shop Premises27
Factories, etc9
Rodent Control24
470
Statutory:
Public Health Act10
Housing0
480
Food Condemnation Certificates issued518

Table: SHOPS ACT, 1950.The number of shops within the meaning of the Act, existing at the 31st December, 1956, was 830. They are situated as follow :—

SHOPS ACT, 1950.

The number of shops within the meaning of the Act, existing at the 31st December, 1956, was 830. They are situated as follow :—

Lamorbey and Blackfen258
Sidcup and Footscray277
North Cray and St. Paul's Cray96
Chislehurst and Mottingham199
830