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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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| Type of Inspection | On Com plaint | Routine | Re- Inspection | Total Visits | Nuisances Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought Forward | 22 | 128 | 121 | 271 | 57 |
| Factories, Outworkers, etc. Contd. | |||||
| 2. Other Premises under the Act (excl. outworkers' premises, hotels, Restaurants, etc. | - | 38 | 20 | 58 | 17 |
| 3. Bakehouses (a) Mech. power | 3 | 50 | 32 | 85 | 10 |
| (b) Non-mech. power | - | 12 | 6 | 18 | 1 |
| 4. Outworkers' premises | 6 | 62 | 13 | 81 | - |
| 5. Smoke Abatement | 12 | 16 | 39 | 67 | 4 |
| 6. Fireguards Act | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Totals | 43 | 307 | 231 | 581 | 89 |
| Sampling of Food and Drugs- | |||||
| 1. Milk: T.T. Certified | - | 5 | 1 | 6 | - |
| T.T. Pasteurised | 1 | 22 | - | 23 | - |
| Pasteurised | - | 43 | - | 43 | - |
| Sterilised | - | 13 | - | 13 | - |
| 2. Schools Milk (Pasteurised) | - | 13 | - | 13 | - |
| 3. Pasteurising Plant: T.T. Milk | - | 19 | - | 19 | - |
| Pasteurised | - | 23 | - | 23 | - |
| Cream | - | 5 | - | 5 | - |
| Washed Bottle | - | 6 | - | 6 | - |
| 4. Dried Milk | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 5. Condensed Milk | 1 | 5 | - | 6 | - |
| 6. Ice Cream | - | 67 | - | 67 | - |
| Ice Cream Mix. | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Other Foods | 9 | 76 | 5 | 90 | - |
| 8. Food Poisoning | 6 | 8 | 17 | 31 | - |
| 9. Drinking Water | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | - |
| 10. Rag Flock | - | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| 11. Court Cases | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 19 | 311 | 23 | 353 | - |
| Trade Premises—Various— | |||||
| 1. Under Shops Act | 4 | 193 | 52 | 249 | 61 |
| 2. Under Petroleum Acts | 1 | 50 | 42 | 93 | 2 |
| 3. Registry Offices | 2 | 50 | 7 | 59 | 5 |
| 4. Offices (P.H. Act 1936, Sec. 46 and 91) | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| 5. Pet Animals Act | - | 38 | 15 | 53 | 3 |
| 6 Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act | - | 14 | 2 | 16 | 1 |
| 7. Diseases of Animals Acts: Movement Licences | -_ | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| Foot and Mouth Disease | - | - | - | - | - |
| Swine Fever | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | - |
| Fowl Pest | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anthrax | - | 10 | 14 | 24 | - |
| Other | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Interviews | - | 53 | - | 53 | - |
| 8. Piggeries, Cleansing | 1 | 35 | - | 36 | 2 |
| Sanitary Conditions | - | 14 | - | 14 | - |
| 9. Stables: Cleansing | 1 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 1 |
| Sanitary Conditions | - | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| 10. Animals, Keeping of | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 1 |
| 11. Poultry Farms | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 15 | 484 | 154 | 653 | 77 |