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Bromley 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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TABLE VIII.

Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors for the year 1954.

TYPE OF INSPECTION.On ComplaintRoutineRe- InspectionTotal VisitsNuisances Found
Housing—
1. Inspection of District Regulations32310364
2. For Nuisances8141882,7523,7541,058
3. Overcrowding291081615310
4. Verminous Conditions1338249
5. Dirty Conditions116112812
6. Water Supply5613245
7. Cesspools16117
8. Earth Closets22
9. Caravans
10. Privy Pails11
11. Houses Let in Lodgings
12. Disinfestations236245310
13. Noxious Accumulations7313235
14. Other Accumulations211727658
15. Housing Repairs & Rents Act91258794
Totals9353912,9334,2591,125
Infectious Diseases—
1. Inquiry Visits (Nuisances found recorded
in above table)28813103
2. Disinfection Purposes323329
3. Smallpox Inquiries18211
4. Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations--
5. Food Poisoning5441665-
Totals1116334208-
Meat, Milk and Other Food Shops, etc.—
1. Butchers and Wholesale Depots31,008391,05034
2. Confectionery11771819620
3. Dairies and Cowsheds (excl. Past. Plants)7815932
4. Pasteurising Plants5252
5. Fish279303094
6. Fried Fish1769865
7. Food Hawkers451463
8. Fruit, Greengrocery22072123016
9. Grocery185088561150
10. Ice Cream Shops116541704
11. Meat Regulations (Special Visits)10212
12. Milk Examined on Highway22
13. Retail Market56562
14. Slaughterhouses5151
15. Horseflesh Shops87289
16. Restaurants41194016356
17. School Canteens352177216
18. Public Houses136387515
19. Food Wholesaler10991181
20. Hotels--
21. Clean Food Byelaws55996266627
22. Hospital Food Store and Kitchen1818
23. Merchandise Marks Act1701318329
24. Food Preserving Premises11617
25. Bakehouses (other than Factory Act)21133432
Totals393,9364244,399316
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-4129709
(ii) Factories not included in (i) to which Section 7 applies15849719652
Carried Forward1512512626661