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BROMLEY RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL.
No. 1 DISTRICT.
Sanitary Inspector's Office,
Orpington.
March, 1926.
To the Chairman and Members of the Bromley Rural
District Council.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
1 have the honour to present my twenty-fourth yearly
Report on Sanitary Work carried out during the year ending
December 31st, 1925.
Inspections, Nuisances, Etc.—During the year 3,013 inspections
were made and 410 nuisances discovered, arising
from the following sources:—
122 from defective and dirty houses.
21 from dampness to dwelling houses.
67 from defective drains.
54 from offensive accumulations.
30 from insufficient water closets.
59 from insufficient ash-pits.
6 from overcrowding.
16 from overflowing cesspools.
11 from rat infestation.
19 from defects at bakehouses, slaughterhouses, common
lodging houses, workshops, etc.
5 from animals kept in a dirty condition.
Disinfection.—Sixty-one houses or parts of houses were
sprayed and fumigated; and wards at Cray Valley Hospital
were sprayed and fumigated after septic cases.
Water Supply.—Visits were paid to 74 new houses in
connection with the certificate required under Sec. 6 Public
Health (Water) Act, 1878. Samples of water were submitted
for analysis from an artesian well and a storage tank at St.
Paul's Cray, and both samples were found to be of good
organic quality and suitable for drinking purposes.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops.—There are 13 persons
on the register as Wholesale Traders and Producers, and 11 as
Retail Purveyors. There are six milkshops where milk is sold
over the counter. During the year 176 visits were paid to the
premises. About 200 cows are kept by the registered cowkeepers.