Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TYPE OF INSPECTION. | On Complaint | Routine | Re Inspection | Total Visits | Nuisances Found |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Inspection of District Regulations | — | — | — | — | — |
2. For Nuisances | 2,457 | 529 | 8,133 | 11,119 | 12,843 |
3. Overcrowding | 280 | 41 | 37 | 358 | — |
4. Verminous Conditions | 29 | — | 31 | 60 | 19 |
5. Dirty Conditions | 13 | 13 | 17 | 43 | 12 |
6. Water Supply | 21 | — | 32 | 53 | 18 |
7. Cesspools | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 |
8. Earth Closets | — | — | — | — | |
9. Privy Pails | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 |
10. Houses Let in Lodgings | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 18 |
11. Disinfestation | 15 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 2 |
12. Noxious Accumulations | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 5 |
13. Other Accumulations | 30 | 7 | 32 | 69 | 25 |
Totals | 2,855 | 602 | 8,310 | 11,767 | 12,946 |
1. Inquiry Visits (Nuisances found recorded in above table) | — | 187 | 16 | 203 | — |
2. Disinfection Purposes | 24 | 32 | 3 | 59 | —_ |
3. Smallpox Inquiries | — | 27 | 1 | 28 | — |
4. Public Health (Aircraft Regulations) | — | — | — | — | — |
Totals | 24 | 246 | 20 | 290 | — |
1. Butchers | 27 | 755 | 76 | 858 | 78 |
2. Confectionery | — | 50 | 36 | 86 | 20 |
3. Dairies and Cowsheds | 4 | 167 | 25 | 196 | 22 26 |
4. Fish | 8 | 385 | 33 | 426 | |
5. Fried Fish | 1 | 64 | 5 | 70 | 7 |
6. Food Hawkers | — | 8 | — | 8 | — |
7. Greengrocers, Fruiterers | — | 60 | 6 | 66 | 7 |
8. Grocery | 42 | 543 | 122 | 707 | 163 |
9. Ice Cream | — | 192 | 31 | 223 | 3 |
10. Meat Regulations (Special Visits) | 5 | 44 | —_ | 49 | — |
11. Milk Examined on Highway | — | 20 | — | 20 | — |
12. Retail Market | — | 74 | — | 74 | 3 |
13. Slaughterhouses | — | 35 | — | 35 | — |
14. Horseflesh Shops | — | 53 | — | 53 | — |
Totals | 87 | 2,450 | 334 | 2,871 | 329 |
1. Factories in which Sects. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 of the Factories Act 1937 are to be enforced by the Local Authority | 1 | 28 | 53 | 82 | 29 |
2. Factories not included in 1 in which Sect. 3 is enforced by the Local Authority | 27 | 52 | 55 | 134 | 114 |
3. Other Premises in which Sect. 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding outworkers' premises) | — | — | — | — | — |
4. Bakehouses (a) Mech. power | 2 | 60 | 33 | 95 | 41 |
(b) Non-mech. power | — | 6 | — | 6 | 1 |
5. Outworkers' premises | — | 33 | 5 | 38 | — |
6. School Canteens | 10 | 56 | 12 | 78 | 19 |
7. Smoke Abatement | 1 | 10 | 13 | 24 | — |
8. Restaurants, Hotels, Etc | 4 | 85 | 34 | 123 | 105 |
Total | 45 | 330 | 205 | 580 | 309 |