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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TABLE X
Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors for the year 1952
TYPE OF INSPECTION. | On Complaint | Routine | Re-Inspection | Total Visits | Nuisances Found |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Housing | |||||
1. Inspection of District Regulations | — | 55 | — | 55 | 8 |
2. For Nuisances | 793 | 93 | 3,212 | 4,098 | 1,082 |
3. Overcrowding | 75 | 90 | 22 | 187 | 7 |
4. Verminous Conditions | 19 | 11 | 34 | 64 | 20 |
5. Dirty Conditions | 7 | 6 | 22 | 35 | 4 |
6. Water Supply | 7 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 3 |
7. Cesspools | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
8. Caravans | 1 | — | – | 1 | 1 |
9. Privy Pails | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — |
10. Houses Let in Lodgings | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
11. Disinfestation | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | o |
12. Noxious Accumulations | 9 | 2 | 6 | 17 | — |
13. Other Accumulations | 11 | 10 | 24 | 45 | 6 |
Totals | 932 | 277 | 3,348 | 4,557 | 1,137 |
Infectious Diseases— | |||||
1. Inquiry Visits (Nuisances found recorded in above table) | 40 | 121 | 36 | 197 | — |
2. Disinfection Purposes | 13 | 63 | 11 | 87 | — |
3. Smallpox Inquiries | 4 | – | – | 4 | – |
4. Public Health (Aircraft Regulations) | – | – | – | – | – |
Totals | 57 | 184 | 47 | 288 | — |
Meat, Milk and Other Food Shops— | |||||
1. Butchers | 2 | 880 | 37 | 919 | 9 |
2. Confectionery | — | 87 | 15 | 102 | 8 |
3. Dairies and Cowsheds (excl. Past. Plants) | — | 93 | 3 | 96 | 2 |
4. Pasteurising Plants | — | 63 | 2 | 65 | 1 |
5. Fish | 1 | 251 | 13 | 265 | 4 |
6. Fried Fish | 1 | 90 | 11 | 102 | 4 |
7. Food Hawkers | — | 23 | — | 23 | — |
8. Fruit, Greengrocery | 1 | 113 | 19 | 133 | 7 |
9. Grocery | 3 | 641 | 103 | 747 | 34 |
10. Ice Cream Shops | — | 160 | 8 | 168 | — |
11. Meat Regulations (Special Visits) | — | 4 | — | 4 | — |
12. Milk Examined on Highway | — | 9 | — | 9 | — |
13. Retail Market | — | 76 | — | 76 | 1 |
14. Slaughterhouses | — | 21 | — | 21 | — |
15. Horseflesh Shops | — | 172 | 3 | 175 | — |
16. Restaurants | 2 | 132 | 35 | 169 | 25 |
17. School Canteens | 8 | 63 | 21 | 92 | 13 |
18. Public Houses | 1 | 38 | 26 | 65 | 11 |
19. Food Wholesaler | — | 7 | — | 7 | – |
20. Hotels | 1 | — | — | 1 | – |
21. Clean Food Byelaws | 1 | 138 | 4 | 143 | 18 |
22. Hospital Food Store and Kitchen | — | 9 | — | 9 | — |
23. Merchandise Marks Act | — | 18 | — | 18 | 11 |
24. Chemist | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
25. Cinemas | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
Totals | 21 | 3,091 | 300 | 3,412 | 148 |
Factories, Outworkers, etc. | |||||
1. (i) Factories in which Sects. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 of the Factories Act 1937 are to be enforced by the Local Authority | 12 | 45 | 35 | 92 | 48 |
7 | 97 | 84 | 188 | 55 | |
3 | – | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
Carried Forward | 22 | 142 | 122 | 286 | 106 |