London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Orpington 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]

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TABLE VII.

SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF THE SANITARY INSPECTORS.

No. of Inspections.No. of premises at which defects or contraventions were found.
Housing Inspection.For defects and nuisances81461
Verminous conditions165
Water supply1782
Cesspools263
Common Lodging Houses12
Drainage74645
(1792)(116)
Infectious Diseases. Inquiry visits356
Disinfection22
(378)
Food Premises.Bakehouses6714
Butchers1603
Dairies and Milkshops56
Fishmongers and Poulteres421
Fish Fryers13
Food preparing or manufacturingpremises63
Greengrocers49
Grocers3905
Ice Cream Premises43
Restaurants, hoters, canteens, etc.1378
Slaughterhouses417
Street Vendor Stalls, Hawkers' carts60
Visits in connection with sampling189
Re Clean Food Byelaws30 401
Miscellaneous(2123)(31)
Factories.
Factories with machanical power737
Factories without mechanical power4
Other premises classified as factories8
Emission of smoke and fumes117l
(202(8)
Trade Premises.11917
Shops (for Shops Act)473
Paggeries73
Caravan sites(239)(20)