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Bromley 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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TABLE IX.

Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors for the Year 1950.

TYPE OF INSPECTION.On ComplaintRoutineRe-InspectionTotal VisitsNuisances Found
Housing—
1.Inspection of District Regulations5369291413150
2.For Nuisances1,071664,0455,1821,678
3.Overcrowding129652521914
4.Verminous Conditions40-509027
5.Dirty Conditions1717144820
6.Water Supply7-13207
7.Cesspools2--2-
8.Eartn Closets-----
9.Privy Pails-----
10.Houses Let in Lodgings-----
11.Disinfestation911115
12.Noxious Accumulations20112338
13.Other Accumulations224305614
Totals1,3702234,4816,0741,923
Infectious Diseases—
1.Inquiry Visits (Nuisances found recorded in above table)988426208-
2.Disinfection Purposes198-27-
3.Smallpox Inquiries-38-38-
4.Public Health (Aircraft Regulations)-----
ft.Suspected Food Poisoning......15--15-
Totals13213026288-
Meat, Milk and Other Food Shops—
1.Butchers286545373540
2.Confectionery16219826
3.Dairies and Cowsheds (excl. Past Plants)1834885
4.Pasteurising Plants-58-58-
5.Fish425852678
6.Fried Fish248237317
7.Food Hawkers1271291
8.Fruit, Greengrocery262178115
9.Grocery484674355850
10.Ice Cream Shops132151924710
11.Meat Regulations(Special Visits)1--1-
12.Milk Examined on Highway-11-11-
13.Retail Market363-66-
14.Slaughterhouses-24-24-
15.Horseflesh Shops-4-4-
16.Restaurants31003714013
17.School Canteens1045308513
18.Public Houses422265226
19.Factory Canteens--22-
20.Special visits re Clean Food Byelaw459-632
21.Food Salvage Depot-10-_10-
22.Wholesale Food Store-1-1-
23.Mobile ice Cream Vans-2-2-
24.Hotels, etc.-2-2-
Totals1252,2772792,681206
Factorial, Outworkers, etc.
1.(i) Factories in which Sects. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 0 of the Factories Act 1937 are to be enforced by the Local Authority519204421
(ii) Factories not included in (i) to which Section 7 applies12595012761
(a) Subject to Local Authority (transfer of Enforcement) Order, 1938-----
(d) Others13374
Carried Forword18817917886