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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
Orpington 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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SUMMARY. VISITS.
| TOTAL number of Inspections and Visits of all kinds made during tlie year | 8491 |
| VISITS under Public Healtli and Housing Acts | 1537 |
| ,, ,, llats and Mice (Destruction) Act | 152 |
| ,, ,, Sliops Acts- | 337 |
| ,, ,, Factories Act | 130 |
| ,, ,, Smoke Abatement Byelaws | 139 |
| ,, in connection with Holiday Encampments | 81 |
| ,, ,, ,, ,, Cesspools and Drainage Works | 901 |
| ,, ,, ,, ,, Water Supplies | 611 |
| ,, ,, ,, ,, House Refuse Collection and Disposal | 1782 |
| ,, to Dairies, Cowsheds, etc. | 376 |
| ,, ,, Slaughter Houses | 766 |
| „ Piggeries | 115 |
| ,, ,, Food Preparing Places and Food Shops | . 527 |
| ,, ,, Bakehouses | .115 |
| ,, of Miscellaneous Nature | 895 |
WORKS EXECUTED.
| Dampness remedied | 27 |
| Walls and ceilings repaired and cleansed | 34 |
| Floors repaired or renewed | 8 |
| Staircases repaired | 3 |
| Water Supplies: insufficient or absence of | 16 |
| Verminous premises disinfested | 4 |
| Poof and guttering repaired or renewed | 20 |
| Defective or inadequate yard paving | 3 |
| Dustbins provided | 47 |
| Waterclosets, sinks, and gullies repaired or renewed | 41 |
| Defective soil drains repaired | 2 |
| Obstructed soil drains cleared and cleansed | 11 |
| Overflowing cesspools emptied | 23 |
| Cesspools abolished | 41 |
| Xuisances from the keeping of animals | 1 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 11 |
| Rat infestations abated | 19 |
| Miscellaneous defects remedied | 22 |