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Bromley 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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TABLE VII.

Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors for the year 1955.

TYPE OF INSPECTION.On ComplaintRoutineRe-InspectionTotal VisitsNuisances Found
Housing
1. Inspection of District Regulations11810292
2. For Nuisances7191712,8363,7251,012
3. Overcrowding2080241244
4. Verminous Conditions2112245719
5. Dirty Conditions151220476
6. Water Supply21141
7. Cesspools12251
8. Earth Closets
9. Privy Pails111
10. Houses Let in Lodgings1123
11. Disinfestations2318307121
12. Noxious Accumulations6414244
13. Other Accumulations128315111
14. Housing Repairs & Rents Act1411618131149
Totals8354433,1734,4511,134
Infectious Diseases-
1. Inquiry Visits (Nuisances found recorded in above table)10828136
2. Disinfection Purposes441155
3. Smallpox Inquiries71017
4. Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations
5. Food Poisoning5201944
Totals517968852-
Meat, Milk and Other Foods etc.—
1. Butchers and Wholesale Depots71,270351,31243
2. Confectionery11442216713
3. Dairies and Cowsheds (excl. Past. Plants)...152255
4. Pasteurising Plants5656
5. Fish322972391
6. Fried Fish7710875
7. Food Hawkers758839
8. Fruit Greengrocery2412026113
9. Grocery84535751847
10. Ice Cream Shops169121819
11. Meat Regulations (Special Visits)1313
12. Milk Examined on Highway11
13. Retail Market1001962967
14. Slaughterhouses11071109
15. Horseflesh Shops7272
16. Restaurants & Hotels31144416164
17. School Canteens & Others5399539
18. Public Houses11212253
19. Food Wholesaler1145146
20. Clean Food Byelaws71210481615
21. Hospital Food Store and Kitchen1247
Merchandise Marks Act2311624710
23. Food Preserving Premises81018
24. Bakehouses (other than Factory Act)334215830
Totals354,3565904,981278
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 Authority127113915
(ii) Factories not included in (i) to which Section 7 applies6786514942
Carried Forward71057618857