London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]

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Table: TABLE IXVisits Paid to Various Premises Together With Defects and Contraventions Found

TABLE IX

Visits Paid to Various Premises Together With Defects and Contraventions Found

Housing InspectionNo. of InspectionsNo. of Premises at which Defects or Contraventions were found.
For defects and nuisances403134
Verminous conditions3222
Water Supply9911
Cesspools2437
Common lodging houses5-
Drainage436( 2, 218)47 (221)
Infectious Disease
Inquiry visits265-
Disinfection267 (532)-
Food Premises
Dairies1102
Bakehouses659
Restaurants, Hotels, Canteens, etc.23314
Butchers1775
Fishmongers & Poulterers622
Grocers4884
Greengrocers & Fruiterers131
Ice Cream83-
Slaughterhouses991
Food Preparing or Manufacturing Premises461
Hawkers Carts, Stalls & Street Vendors543
Visits in connection with sampling355-
Re Clean Food Byelaws105-
Miscellaneous737(2,627)2 (44)