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 Bexley]
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TABLE No. 1.
Details of Inspection Work Carried Out.
Inspections | Re-inspections | |
---|---|---|
Houses inspected (all particulars recorded) | 8 | 56 |
Houses inspected (defects only recorded) | 187 | 722 |
Houses inspected (certificates of disrepair) | 12 | 13 |
Houses inspected (improvement grants) | 19 | 1 |
Houses inspected (Housing Act, 1936, Overcrowding) | 28 | 15 |
Houses inspected re Infectious Disease (including scabies) | 179 | 79 |
Factories with mechanical power | 193 | 13 |
Factories without mechanical power | 28 | 2 |
Outworkers' premises | 54 | — |
Other premises under the Act | 18 | 3 |
Bakehouses | 82 | 7 |
Water Samples | 20 | — |
Food and Drugs Act re Samples | 266 | — |
Dairies and distributors | 99 | — |
Ice Cream premises | 151 | 21 |
Restaurants, etc. | 225 | 24 |
Fish premises | 189 | 17 |
Meat Shops | 620 | 57 |
Public Houses | 38 | 4 |
Shops re unsound food | 300 | 17 |
Other premises where food is prepared | 538 | 33 |
Offensive accumulations | 36 | 25 |
Stables | 39 | — |
Keeping of Animals | 26 | 13 |
Rats | 345 | 295 |
Drains inspected | 949 | 743 |
Drains tested (water, smoke or colour) | 142 | 13 |
Dustbins | 21 | 23 |
Verminous premises | 40 | 35 |
Smoke observations | 27 | 12 |
Tents, Vans and Sheds | 2 | — |
Refuse Tips | 512 | 3 |
Refuse Removal and Salvage | 617 | 25 |
Conveniences | 233 | 3 |
Pet Animals Act, 1951 | 36 | 2 |
Cleansing Station and Mortuary | 19 | — |
Council House applicants | 468 | 185 |
Shops Act, 1950 | 718 | 12 |
National Assistance Act, 1948—Sec. 47 | 17 | 5 |
Miscellaneous inspections | 986 | 74 |