Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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Dwelling houses (Public Health Acts) | 5,468 |
Dwelling houses (Housing Acts) | 104 |
Bakers and bakehouses | 224 |
Butchers | 334 |
Cafes, restaurants and canteens | 551 |
Dairies | 46 |
Fishmongers | 240 |
Greengrocers | 257 |
Grocers | 487 |
Piggeries | 144 |
Ice cream premises | 226 |
Other food preparing premises | 104 |
Factories with mechanical power | 67 |
Factories without mechanical power | 290 |
Premises re rats and mice infestation | 1,000 |
Visits re infectious diseases | 362 |
Visits re infectious diseases (tuberculosis) | 7 |
Moveable dwellings | 452 |
Pickers huts | 7 |
Visits in connection with smoke abatement | 32 |
Shops | 123 |
Visits re unsound food | 342 |
Rivers and Streams | 68 |
Miscellaneous | 280 |
11,235 |
General sanitary defects | 390 |
Keeping of animals | 7 |
Offensive accumulations | 49 |
Verminous premises | 28 |
Drainage | 271 |
Water supply | 10 |
Rats and mice | 249 |
Overcrowding | 18 |
Food | 39 |
Dustbins | 23 |
Smoke | 7 |
Miscellaneous | 8 |
1,099 |