London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Bromley 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TRADE PREMISES:
| Factories and Workshops— | |
| Want of cleanliness | 5 |
| Want of ventilation | — |
| Overcrowding | — |
| Want of drainage to floors | — |
| Other nuisances | 6 |
| Sanitary accommodation— | |
| Insufficient | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 3 |
| Not separate for sexes | 2 |
| Shops Acts—contraventions | 22 |
| Outworkers' premises | 6 |
| FOOD PREPARING PLACES: | |
| Yards, floors repaired, etc., cleansing, limewashing, light, and ventilation improved; refuse bins provided, sanitary conditions improved, etc. | |
| Dairies and cowsheds | 9 |
| Slaughterhouses | |
| Greengrocery shops | 11 |
| Hotels, restaurants, etc. | 3 |
| Bakehouses | 49 |
| Grocers' shops | 18 |
| Butchers' shops | 31 |
| Fish shops | 5 o |
| Confectionery shops | 3 |
| Fried fish shops | 1 |
| Food store, unsatisfactory and abolished | l |
| MISCELLANEOUS: | |
| Stream nuisances | 1 |
| Urinals cleansed | 3 |
| Animal nuisances | 5 |
| Accumulations removed | 44 |
| Manure receptacles provided | 35 |
| Manure removed | 7 |
| Stables cleansed | 2 |
| Rat nuisances | 43 |
| Other nuisances | 12 |
| Total | 5824 |