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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Housing Inspection. | No. of Inspections | No. of Premises at which Defects or Contraventions were found |
---|---|---|
For defects and nuisances | 2386 | 979 |
Verminous conditions | 40 | 18 |
Dirty conditions | 20 | 7 |
Water supply | 212 | 39 |
Cesspools | 51 | 15 |
Pail closets | 10 | 3 |
Common Lodging Houses | 16 | 1 |
Inquiry Visits | 143 | — |
Aircraft Passenger Contacts | 12 | — |
Dairies | 178 | 8 |
Bakehouses | 64 | 8 |
Restaurants, Canteens, etc | 80 | 8 |
Butchers | 87 | 2 |
Fishmongers and Poulterers | 73 | 2 |
Grocers | 227 | 2 |
Greengrocers and Fruiterers | 84 | 6 |
Ice Cream | 46 | 4 |
Confectioners | 36 | — |
Slaughterhouses | 69 | — |
Factories with Mech. Power | 91 | 7 |
Factories without Mech. Power | 12 | 1 |
Other premises classed as factories | 8 | — |
Emission of Smoke and Fumes | 544 | 1 |
Shops Acts | 70 | 8 |
Registry Office | 1 | — |
Piggeries | 50 | 6 |
Camp Sites | 65 | — |
Rodent Control—Trade Premises. | 185 | 35 |
Private „ | 3539 | 211 |
Council „ | 371 | 46 |
Swimming Baths—Public | 4 | 1 |
Private | 2 | — |
Suspected Food Poisoning | 3 | — |
Ponds, Pools and Ditches | 4 | — |
Dust Emission | 14 | — |
Keeping of Animals | 14 — | 2 |
Unclassified | 410 | — |
Total | 9221 | 1420 |