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 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 |