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Orpington 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]

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TABLE VII.

SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS.

Housing Inspection.No. of InspectionsNo. of premises at which defects or contraventions were found
For defects and nuisances90350
Verminous conditions168
Water supply1096
Cesspools476
Common lodging houses1
Drainage1,05356
Infectious Diseases.(2,129)(126)
Inquiry visits171
Disinfection7
Food Premises.(178)(—)
Bakehouses4811
Butchers11531
Dairies and Milkshops491
Fishmongers and Poulterers3610
Fish Fryers8
Food Preparing and Manufacturing Premises47
Greengrocers9124
Grocers37965
Ice Cream Premises6216
Restaurants, Hotels, Canteens, etc.14444
Slaughterhouses193
Street Vendors, Stalls and Hawkers Carts521
Visits in connection with sampling200
Visits under Food Hygiene Regulations1,33492
Miscellaneous394
Factories.(3,152)(295)
Factories with mechanical power453
Factories without mechanical power11
Other premises classified as factories3
Emission of smoke, fumes and grit47
Trade Premises.(96)(4)
Shops (for Shops Act)8212
Piggeries214
Caravan Sites512
Miscellaneous.(154)(18)
Swimming Baths25
Suspected Food Poisoning42
Keeping of Animals442
Noxious accumulations132
Schools9
Public Conveniences32
Rivers, Streams, etc.204
(185)(8)
Unclassified516_
(516)(-)
6,410451