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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

Beckenham 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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Table: The following Table supplies particulars of the premises and occupations in the District which are controlled by Bye-Laws or Regulations:—

The following Table supplies particulars of the premises and occupations in the District which are controlled by Bye-Laws or Regulations:—

Character of Premises.No.Bye-Laws or Regulations affecting same.Action Taken Result.
Dairies12Regulations under Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts, 1878 & 1886, and Dairies, Cowsheds and Milk-shops Orders, 1885 & 1886Sixty-one inspections have been made of these premises and no notices were necessary to abate nuisances, etc.
Cowsheds5
Milkshops4
Bakehouses17Factory & Workshops Act, 1901Thirty-five inspections have been made of these premises and three notices se??? in respect of wa??? cleanliness, and t??? notices have be ??? complied with in a??? instances.
Workshops186See Tables I.—V. on pages 18 to 21.
Work-places11
Outworkers17
Slaughterhouses2Bye-Laws made under Sec. 169, Public Health Act, 1875Two notices were served on the occupiers of these premises calling upon them to abate contraventions of the Bye-Laws and these notices have been complied with.