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Chislehurst 1947

[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
ACTS INSPECTOR
For the Year ended 31st December, 1947.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour of submitting a Report on the Sanitary
and Shops Acts inspections carried out in the District during
the year ended 31st December, 1947.
1. Inspections—General.
A total of 10,064 inspections were made during the year
as follows:—
6,597 to dwelling-houses (Public Health Acts)
339 ,, dwelling-houses (Housing Acts)
34 „ farms, dairies and cowsheds
2 „ slaughterhouses
30 „ piggeries
54 ,, bakehouses
47 „ fish fryers
38 „ ice-cream
234 „ other food preparing premises
134 „ factories with mechanical power
32 „ factories without mechanical power
51 „ outworkers' premises
725 „ premises for rats and mice
255 „ cases of infectious disease—general
156 ,, cases of infectious disease—tuberculosis
115 „ movable dwellings
11 „ pickers' huts
20 „ smoke abatement
196 „ shops
430 „ unsound food
28 „ rivers and streams
536 „ miscellaneous
10,064
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