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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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The powers under the Public Health Act, 1936. have been delegated by the County Council to the District Council.
There are seven registered premises within the District, the number of beds provided being 19 for maternity casts and 14 for other cases.
| Number of Premises | Visits Paid | Defects. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | ||||
| Dairies | 13 | 111 | 14 | 14 | |
| Cowsheds | 12 | 111 | |||
| Slaugnternouses : | |||||
| Licensed | 1 | 34 | 4 | 4 | |
| Registered Bakehouses | 21 | 69 | 20 | 20 | |
| Piggeries | 15 | 51 | 17 | 17 | |
| Other food preparing premises | 137 | 522 | 143 | 138 | |
| Factories | 102 | 130 | 40 | 34 | |
| Workshops | 40 | 41 | 6 | 6 | |
| Workplaces | 19 | 36 | 9 | 8 | |
| Common Lodging Houses Houses Let in Lodgings | - | — | - | - | |
| Totals | 360 | 1044 | 253 | 241 | |
| During the year the Council granted the following number of licences under the above Order:— | |||||
| Tuberculin Tested | 7 (including 3 | supplemental) | |||
| Pasteurised Tuberculin Tested | 21 | 4 | ,, | ||
| (Pasteurised) | 3 | ||||
| Pasteuriser's Licence | 1 | ||||
| During the year the following number of samples of milk were submitted for examination:— | |||||
| Satisfactory. | Unsatisfactory. | ||||
| Pasteurised | ... | 14 | 2 | ||
| Tuberculin Tested | ... | 23 | 2 | ||