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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 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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Table: SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT, 1944. Summary of Inspections and Visits

SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT, 1944. Summary of Inspections and Visits

Visits and Inspections
Overcrowding5
Nuisances1,699
Cowsheds46
Milkshops108 .
Bakehouses79
Butchers' Shops207
Slaughterhouses23
Places where food is prepared80
Shops where food is stored411
Factories103
Outworkers24
Rats and Mice Act169
Stables and Piggeries48
Fried Fish Shops39
Verminous premises43
Drainage468
Infectious disease232
Samples taken under Sale of Food & Drugs Act108
Samples of Milk taken for Bacteriological Examination9
Samples of Water52 ¡
Shops Acts57
Miscellaneous443
Interviews1,329
Civil Defence
A.R.P. Lectures and Demonstrations32
Bomb damage to drains1,008
Bomb damage to premises293
Bomb damage to food752
2,085
Total7,867

Table: Nature of Nuisance or Defects Remedied

Nature of Nuisance or Defects Remedied

No. of defects remedied
Choked drains or interceptors206
Drains defective or altered497
Defective or choked gullies11
Defective W.C. pans or choked W.C.s20
Flushing apparatus to W.C. defective15
W.C. apartments, dirty or defective10
Waste pipes and R.W.D.P. defective or untrapped29
House sinks, defective4
Soil pipes, defective2 '
Ventilating shafts, choked or defective2
Manhole covers, defective, unsealed or absent10