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Chislehurst 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CHISLEHURST AND
SIDCUP.
REPORT OF THE CHIEF SANITARY AND SHOPS ACT
INSPECTOR
For the Year ended 31st December, 1943.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour of submitting a Report on the Sanitary
and Shops Acts inspection carried out in the District during
the year ended 31st December, 1943.
1. Inspections—General.
A total of 10,257 inspections were made during the year,
as follows:—
4,251 to dwelling-houses (Public Health Acts)
309 „ dwelling-houses (Housing Acts)
124 „ farms, dairies and cowsheds
29 „ slaughterhouses
57 „ piggeries
41 „ bakehouses
18 ,, fish friers
517 „ other food preparing premises
150 „ factories with mechanical power
25 „ factories without mechanical power
32 „ outworkers' premises
1,529 „ premises for rats and mice
1,296 „ cases of infectious disease
253 ,, vans and sheds
17 „ pickers' huts
20 „ smoke abatement
124 ,, water supplies