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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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SCHOOLS.
On no occasion was it found necessary to close a school in
consequence of the prevalence of Infectious Disease amongst
the scholars.
The following Certificates, were, however, issued covering low attendances:
| Farnborough— | ||
| Infants | Chicken Pox and Mumps, Colds and Coughs | 1 week ended 27th March, 1942. |
| Ditto | Chicken Pox and Mumps | 1 week ended 3rd April, 1942. |
| Number. | No. of Visits. | Defects. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. found. | No. Remedied | ||||
| Dairies | 77 | 194 | 10 | 10 | |
| Cowsheds | |||||
| Slaughterhouses— Previously Licensed | 17 | 11 | — | — | |
| Bakehouses | 20 | 5 | — | — | |
| Piggeries | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other food preparing places | 270 | 516 | — | — | |
| Factories | 172 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Workplaces | |||||
| Workshops | |||||
| Common Lodging Houses | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Houses—Let-in-Lodgings | — | — | — | — | |
| TOTALS | 585 | 739 | 12 | 12 | |