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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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(If defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions, they should be reckoned as two, three or more " cases ").
| Particulars | Number of Cases in which defects were found | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted | ||
| To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | ||||
| Want of cleanliness (S. 1) | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Overcrowding (S. 2) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Unreasonable temperature (S. 3) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Inadequate ventilation (S. 4) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ineffective drainage of Moors (S. 6). | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sanitary Conveniences (S. 7)— | — | — | — | — | — |
| (a) Insufficient | —- | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | 4 | — | 1 | — | |
| 3 | 3 | — | 1 | — | |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total. * | 8 | 8 | — | 3 | — |