London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

Bexley 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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Table: TABLE No. 1.

TABLE No. 1.

Number of complaints received and investigated438
Number of informal notices, letters, etc.595

Table: TABLE No. 2.Details of Inspection Work Carried Out.

TABLE No. 2.

Details of Inspection Work Carried Out.

Inspections- Re-inspections
Houses inspected (all particulars recorded)32
Houses inspected (defects only recorded)393808
Houses inspected (Housing Act, 1936, Overcrowding)17321
Houses inspected re Infectious Disease
(including Scabies)372245
Inspections.
Factories with mechanical power9819
Factories without mechanical power142
Schools12—
Refuse Tips79—
Bakehouses2412
Slaughterhouses4—
Meat Shops and Premises where food is prepared949314
Cowsheds and Dairies269
Ice Cream premises312
Fried Fish premises721
Common Lodging Houses5—
Tents, Vans, and Sheds7—
Re Offensive Accumulations3917
Re Keeping of Animals291
Re Rats298394
Re Verminous premises5285
Re Insufficient Ashplace Accommodation190151
Drains Inspected1,1041,075
Drains Tested (water, smoke or grenade)39—
Visits re Refuse Removal and Salvage869—
Miscellaneous Inspections2,012207
Food and Drugs Act re Samples232—
Shops Acts, 1912-1936121—
Visits re Certificates of Essential Repairs1,128—