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 | 53 | 69 | 291 | 413 | 150 |
2. | For Nuisances | 1,071 | 66 | 4,045 | 5,182 | 1,678 |
3. | Overcrowding | 129 | 65 | 25 | 219 | 14 |
4. | Verminous Conditions | 40 | - | 50 | 90 | 27 |
5. | Dirty Conditions | 17 | 17 | 14 | 48 | 20 |
6. | Water Supply | 7 | - | 13 | 20 | 7 |
7. | Cesspools | 2 | - | - | 2 | - |
8. | Eartn Closets | - | - | - | - | - |
9. | Privy Pails | - | - | - | - | - |
10. | Houses Let in Lodgings | - | - | - | - | - |
11. | Disinfestation | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
12. | Noxious Accumulations | 20 | 1 | 12 | 33 | 8 |
13. | Other Accumulations | 22 | 4 | 30 | 56 | 14 |
Totals | 1,370 | 223 | 4,481 | 6,074 | 1,923 | |
1. | Inquiry Visits (Nuisances found recorded in above table) | 98 | 84 | 26 | 208 | - |
2. | Disinfection Purposes | 19 | 8 | - | 27 | - |
3. | Smallpox Inquiries | - | 38 | - | 38 | - |
4. | Public Health (Aircraft Regulations) | - | - | - | - | - |
ft. | Suspected Food Poisoning...... | 15 | - | - | 15 | - |
Totals | 132 | 130 | 26 | 288 | - | |
1. | Butchers | 28 | 654 | 53 | 735 | 40 |
2. | Confectionery | 1 | 62 | 19 | 82 | 6 |
3. | Dairies and Cowsheds (excl. Past Plants) | 1 | 83 | 4 | 88 | 5 |
4. | Pasteurising Plants | - | 58 | - | 58 | - |
5. | Fish | 4 | 258 | 5 | 267 | 8 |
6. | Fried Fish | 2 | 48 | 23 | 73 | 17 |
7. | Food Hawkers | 1 | 27 | 1 | 29 | 1 |
8. | Fruit, Greengrocery | 2 | 62 | 17 | 81 | 15 |
9. | Grocery | 48 | 467 | 43 | 558 | 50 |
10. | Ice Cream Shops | 13 | 215 | 19 | 247 | 10 |
11. | Meat Regulations(Special Visits) | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
12. | Milk Examined on Highway | - | 11 | - | 11 | - |
13. | Retail Market | 3 | 63 | - | 66 | - |
14. | Slaughterhouses | - | 24 | - | 24 | - |
15. | Horseflesh Shops | - | 4 | - | 4 | - |
16. | Restaurants | 3 | 100 | 37 | 140 | 13 |
17. | School Canteens | 10 | 45 | 30 | 85 | 13 |
18. | Public Houses | 4 | 22 | 26 | 52 | 26 |
19. | Factory Canteens | - | - | 2 | 2 | - |
20. | Special visits re Clean Food Byelaw | 4 | 59 | - | 63 | 2 |
21. | Food Salvage Depot | - | 10 | -_ | 10 | - |
22. | Wholesale Food Store | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
23. | Mobile ice Cream Vans | - | 2 | - | 2 | - |
24. | Hotels, etc. | - | 2 | - | 2 | - |
Totals | 125 | 2,277 | 279 | 2,681 | 206 | |
1. | (i) Factories in which Sects. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 0 of the Factories Act 1937 are to be enforced by the Local Authority | 5 | 19 | 20 | 44 | 21 |
(ii) Factories not included in (i) to which Section 7 applies | 12 | 59 | 50 | 127 | 61 | |
(a) Subject to Local Authority (transfer of Enforcement) Order, 1938 | - | - | - | - | - | |
(d) Others | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | |
Carried Forword | 18 | 81 | 79 | 178 | 86 |