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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SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT, 1944. Summary of Inspections and Visits
Visits and Inspections | ||
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Overcrowding | 5 | |
Nuisances | 1,699 | |
Cowsheds | 46 | |
Milkshops | 108 . | |
Bakehouses | 79 | |
Butchers' Shops | 207 | |
Slaughterhouses | 23 | |
Places where food is prepared | 80 | |
Shops where food is stored | 411 | |
Factories | 103 | |
Outworkers | 24 | |
Rats and Mice Act | 169 | |
Stables and Piggeries | 48 | |
Fried Fish Shops | 39 | |
Verminous premises | 43 | |
Drainage | 468 | |
Infectious disease | 232 | |
Samples taken under Sale of Food & Drugs Act | 108 | |
Samples of Milk taken for Bacteriological Examination | 9 | |
Samples of Water | 52 ¡ | |
Shops Acts | 57 | |
Miscellaneous | 443 | |
Interviews | 1,329 | |
Civil Defence | ||
A.R.P. Lectures and Demonstrations | 32 | |
Bomb damage to drains | 1,008 | |
Bomb damage to premises | 293 | |
Bomb damage to food | 752 | |
2,085 | ||
Total | 7,867 | |
Nature of Nuisance or Defects Remedied
No. of defects remedied | |
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Choked drains or interceptors | 206 |
Drains defective or altered | 497 |
Defective or choked gullies | 11 |
Defective W.C. pans or choked W.C.s | 20 |
Flushing apparatus to W.C. defective | 15 |
W.C. apartments, dirty or defective | 10 |
Waste pipes and R.W.D.P. defective or untrapped | 29 |
House sinks, defective | 4 |
Soil pipes, defective | 2 ' |
Ventilating shafts, choked or defective | 2 |
Manhole covers, defective, unsealed or absent | 10 |