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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TABLE IX.
| Type of Inspection | On Complaint | Routine | Re Inspection | Total Visits | Nuisances Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought Forward— | 18 | 81 | 79 | 178 | 86 |
| 2. Other Premises under the Act (excl. outworkers' premises, hotels, Restaurants, etc. | 10 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 14 |
| 3. Bakehouses (a) Mech. power | 4 | 40 | 23 | 67 | 24 |
| (b) Non-mech. power | - | 10 | 3 | 13 | 10 |
| 4. Outworkers' premises | 2 | 39 | 1 | 42 | |
| 5. Smoke Abatement ... | 6 | 6 | 34 | 46 | 4 |
| Totals | 40 | 183 | 148 | 371 | 138 |
| 1. Milk : T.T. Certified | - | 11 | 2 | 13 | - |
| T.T. Farm Bottled | 2 | - | - | 2 | - |
| T.T. Pasteurised | 1 | 15 | - | 16 | - |
| Pasteurised | - | 28 | - | 28 | - |
| Sterilised | - | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| Ordinary | - | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| 2. Schools Milk (Pasteurised) | - | 16 | - | 16 | - |
| 3. Pasteuring Plant: | |||||
| T.T. Milk | 1 | 14 | - | 15 | - |
| Pasturised | - | 18 | - | 18 | - |
| 4.Tined Milk | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Dried Milk | 5 | 2 | - | 7 | - |
| Condensed Milk | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - |
| 5. Ice Cream | - | 120 | 8 | 128 | - |
| Ice Cream Mix. | - | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| Ice Cream Ingredients | - | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| 6. Other Foods | 10 | 67 | 5 | 82 | - |
| 7. Food Poisoning | 11 | 89 | 13 | 113 | - |
| 8. Drinking Water | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | - |
| 9. Food containing foreign bodies | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 10. Sale of Milk—Licences | - | 11 | - | 11 | - |
| Totals | 39 | 406 | 31 | 476 | - |
| 1. Under Shops Act | 13 | 86 | 64 | 163 | 53 |
| 2. Under Petroleum Acts | 1 | 66 | 20 | 87 | 1 |
| 3. Registry Offices | 1 | 26 | - | 27 | 3 |
| 4. Offices (P.H. 1936 Act, Secs. 46 and 91) | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| 5. Diseases of Animals Acts: | |||||
| Movement Licences | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Foot and Mouth Disease | - | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| Swine Fever | 1 | 5 | - | 6 | |
| Fowl Pest | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Other | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Interviews | 40 | - | - | 40 | - |
| 6. Piggeries,Cleansing | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Sanitary Conditions | 1 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 4 |
| 7. Stables: | |||||
| Cleansing | - | 11 | - | 11 | - |
| Sanitary Conditions | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 8. Animals, Keeping of | 11 | - | 11 | 22 | 3 |
| Totals | 71 | 221 | 111 | 403 | 70 |
| 1. Trade Premises | 143 | 157 | 1,169 | 1,469 | 136 |
| 2 Private Premises | 732 | 1,402 | 4,480 | 6,614 | 575 |
| 3. Sewers | 259 | - | 684 | 943 | 121 |
| 4. Corporation Property | 8 | 1 | 64 | 73 | 7 |
| Totals | 1,142 | 1,560 | 6,397 | 9,099 | 839 |