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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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Particulars of treatments are given below:—
| Number of Manholes treated | No. of manholes in which | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Complete takes" | "Partial takes" | "No takes" | ||
| Test bait | 210 | 8 | 2 | 200 |
| 1st Maintenance treatment (April) | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 2nd Maintenance treatment (Oct.) | 38 | 1 | 2 | 35 |
Full details of the work carried out by the Inspectors will be found in Table VI in the Appendix.
The following is a summary of the totals under the respective headings:—
| Total number of Inspections and Visits. | |
|---|---|
| Housing | 5,268 |
| Infectious Diseases | 367 |
| Food Premises. Sampling, etc. | 4,050 |
| Factories, Outworkers, etc. | 339 |
| Moveable Dwellings | 489 |
| Smoke Abatement | 214 |
| Shops Act | 400 |
| Rodent Control | 993 |
| Public Conveniences | 680 |
| Petroleum Acts | 227 |
| Miscellaneous | 576 |
| 13,603 | |
| Written Notices issued:— | |
| Preliminary: | |
| General Sanitary Defects | 146 |
| Food Premises | 60 |
| Shop Premises | 22 |
| Factories, etc. | 9 |
| Rodent Control | 13 |
| Clean Air Act Notices | 4 |
| Statutory: | |
| Public Health Act | 3 |
| Factories Act 1937 and 1948 | 1 |
SHOPS ACT, 1950.
The number of shops within the meaning of the Act, existing
at the 31st December, 1959, was 854. They are situated as
follow:—
Lamorbey and Blackfen 260
Sidcup and Footscray 288
North Cray and St. Paul's Cray 105
Chislehurst and Mottingham201
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