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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
Chislehurst 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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Summary of Regulated Trades.
| Number of Premises | Visits Paid | Defects. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | |||
| Dairies | 29 | 102 | 6 | 5 |
| Cowsheds | ||||
| Slaughterhouses: Licensed | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Registered | 2 | |||
| Bakehouses | 19 | 34 | 10 | 8 |
| Piggeries | 22 | 73 | 9 | 9 |
| Other food preparing places | 133 | 163 | 53 | 48 |
| Factories | 64 | 61 | 17 | 17 |
| Workshops | 43 | 50 | — | - |
| Workplaces | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Pish Friers | 11 | 20 | 5 | 5 |
| Totals | 327 | 761 | 102 | 94 |
SHOPS.
Inspection of shops within the District is carried out in
order to enforce the provision of the Shops Acts.
In two cases action was found necessary to improve the
heating arrangements and in one an additional sanitary convenience
was provided. Eight certificates of exemption were
granted in exceptional cases.
SWIMMING BATHS AND POOLS.
There are no public swimming baths in the District.
There is one small private swimming pool which is open to
the public." Samples of the water taken during the year were
found to be satisfactory.
SMOKE ABATEMENT.
Observations were kept on many occasions with respect to
the emission of smoke from a factory at St. Paul's Cray and
the owners are considering the installation of new apparatus.
Bye-laws with respect to the emission of black smoke were
approved by the Council on the 21st October, 1936, and these
came into force on the 1st February, 1937.
ERADICATION OF BED BUGS.
During the year 18 Council houses and 35 other premises
were found to be infested with bed bugs. All of these were
disinfested.
The method employed is to strip the woodwork, seal the
premises, and use a sulphurous spray and an insecticide fluid.