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Bexley 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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B.
Number of new cases of overcrowding reported
during the year
52
C.
(1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved
during the year
2
(2) Number of persons concerned in such
cases
81/2
D.
Any cases in which dwelling houses have again
become overcrowded after the local authority
have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding
Public Health Act, 1936. Section 75. Provision of Dustbins.
Notices served requiring provision of bins
13
Number complied with (a) by Owners
7
(b) by Local Authority in
default of Owners
6
SECTION E.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF
FOOD.
(a) Milk Supply.
The milk retailed for consumption in the area is railborne,
pasteurised and bottled except for one small supply by
a producer retailer.
Licences granted by the Council under Milk Special
Designations Order, 1936:—
Pasteurised Milk 17
Tuberculin Tested Milk 8
Supplementary Licences:—
Pasteurised Milk 2
Tuberculin Tested Milk—
No. of cowsheds in district 1
(b) Meat Inspection.
The slaughterhouses in the area remained closed during
the year.
44
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| Drainage contd.- | No. |
| Inspection chambers built or improved | 8 |
| New sinks provided | 2 |
| Waste pipes provided or improved | 18 |
| Offensive accumulation removed | 4 |
| Nuisances from animals abated | — |
| Tents, Vans, and Sheds, nuisance abated | — |
| Other nuisances abated | 14 |
TABLE No. 4.
Infectious Diseases.
| Cases removed to Isolation Hospitals | 121 |
| Houses visited including revisits | 306 |
| Rooms disinfected | 32 |
| Notices delivered to Education Authorities, etc. | 459 |
| Houses at which defective sanitary conditions were found |
TABLE No. 5.
Food Inspection.
The following is a summary of unsound food surrendered.
| Beef | lbs.3,0241/2 | Biscuits | lbs. 25 |
| Corned Beef | „ 1,4433/4 | Breakfast Sausage | 9 |
| Fish | „ 2,5961/2 | Confectionery .. | 8 |
| Cheese | „ 1971/4 | Eggs, shell | 63 |
| Fats | „ 281/2 | Meat | tins 386 |
| Flour | 99 | Sausages | 53 |
| Bread | 73 | Fish | „ 1,033 |
| Poultry | „ 235 | Milk | „ 1,955 |
| Mutton | „ 100 | Vegetables | 928 |
| Pork | 30 | Meat and Vegetables | 80 |
| Liver | 12 | ||
| Tea and Coffee | 7 | Soup | 160 |
| Cocoa | 51/2 | Fruit | 331 |
| Bacon | „ 811/4 | Preserves | 375 |
| Rabbits | „ 786 | Steak and Kidney Pudding | 24 |
| Sugar | 38 | ||
| Butter Beans | „ 234 | Puddings | 476 |
| Prunes | „ 314 | Tomatoes | 21 |
| Oranges | 83 | Pickles and Sauce jars 99 | |
| Cereals | 60 | Pastes .. tins and jars 108 | |
| Oatmeal | 21 | Dried Egg .. pkts. 20 | |
| Cake Mixture .. „ 41 | |||
| Miscellaneous tins, jars, etc. | 178 | ||