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 Beckenham]
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Visits and Inspections. | |
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Overcrowding | 6 |
Nuisances | 3,021 |
Cowsheds | 56 |
Milkshops | 189 |
Bakehouses | 129 |
Butchers' shops | 390 |
Slaughterhouses | 25 |
Places where food is prepared | 136 |
Shops where food is stored | 860 |
Factories | 215 |
Outworkers | 4 |
Rats and Mice Act | 520 |
Stables and Piggeries | 92 |
Fried Fish Shops | 100 |
Verminous premises | 14 |
Drainage | 448 |
Infectious disease | 288 |
Samples taken under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | 96 |
Samples of Milk taken for Bacteriological Examination | 29 |
Samples of Water | 41 |
Shops Acts | 21 |
Miscellaneous | 324 |
Interviews | 1,854 |
Civil Defence: | |
A.R.P. Lectures and Demonstrations | 40 |
Bomb damage to drains | 555 |
Bomb damage to premises | 155 |
Bomb damage to food | 17 |
767 | |
Total | 9,625 |
Choked drains | 139 |
Drains defective or altered | 44 |
Defective gullies | 5 |
Defective W.C. pans or choked W.C.s | 18 |
Flushing apparatus to W.C. defective | 35 |
W.C. apartments, dirty or defective | 25 |
Waste pipes, defective or untrapped | 18 |
House sinks, defective | 7 |
Soil pipes, defective | 6 |