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Bexley 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S REPORT.
Health Department,
14, Brampton Road,
Bexleyheath.
To the Mayor, Alderman and Councillors of the Borough of
Bexley.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I submit my Thirty-third Annual Report as Sanitary
Inspector to your Council for the year 1947. I may add that,
in view of my inpending retirement, this will be my last
report as Chief Sanitary Inspector to the Borough.
The report consists, as on former occasions, of a tabulated
record of work carried out.
TABLE No. 1.
Number of complaints received and investigated
636
Number of informal notices, letters, etc.
666
TABLE No. 2.
Details of Inspection Work Carried Out.
Inspec
tions
Re-inspections.
Houses inspected (all particulars recorded)
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—
Houses inspected (defects only recorded)
565
1,036
Houses inspected (Housing Act, 1936, Overcrowding)
207
4
Houses inspected re Infectious Disease
(including Scabies)
285
21
Inspections.
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—
Factories with mechanical power
14
—
Factories without mechanical power
9
—
Schools
10
—
Refuse Tips
54
—
Bakehouses
10
14
Slaughterhouses
—
—
Meat Shops and Premises where food is
prepared
741
155
Cowsheds and Dairies
26
2
Ice Cream premises
51
5
Fried Fish premises
54
2
36