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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 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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Table: SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT, 1943. Summary of Inspections and Visits.

SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT, 1943. Summary of Inspections and Visits.

Visits and Inspections.
Overcrowding6
Nuisances3,021
Cowsheds56
Milkshops189
Bakehouses129
Butchers' shops390
Slaughterhouses25
Places where food is prepared136
Shops where food is stored860
Factories215
Outworkers4
Rats and Mice Act520
Stables and Piggeries92
Fried Fish Shops100
Verminous premises14
Drainage448
Infectious disease288
Samples taken under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts96
Samples of Milk taken for Bacteriological Examination29
Samples of Water41
Shops Acts21
Miscellaneous324
Interviews1,854
Civil Defence:
A.R.P. Lectures and Demonstrations40
Bomb damage to drains555
Bomb damage to premises155
Bomb damage to food17
767
Total9,625
Nature of Nuisance or Defects Remedied.
No. of defects remedied.
Choked drains139
Drains defective or altered44
Defective gullies5
Defective W.C. pans or choked W.C.s18
Flushing apparatus to W.C. defective35
W.C. apartments, dirty or defective25
Waste pipes, defective or untrapped18
House sinks, defective7
Soil pipes, defective6