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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No. of Inspections. | No. of premises at which defects or contraventions were found. | |
---|---|---|
For defects and nuisances | 1,335 | 94 |
Verminous conditions | 29 | 8 |
Water supply | 214 | 4 |
Cesspools | 41 | 6 |
Common Lodging Houses | 2 | — |
Drainage | 322 | 41 |
(1,943) | (153) | |
Inquiry visits | 255 | — |
Disinfection | 7 | — |
(262) | ||
Dairies | 166 | 1 |
Bakehouses | 85 | 8 |
Restaurants, hotels, canteens, etc. | 187 | 7 |
Butchers | 171 | 9 |
Fishmongers and Poulterers | 80 | 2 |
Fish Fryers | 50 | — |
Grocers | 483 | — |
Greengrocers and Fruiterers | 46 | 1 |
Ice Cream | 90 | I |
Slaughterhouses | 76 | 1 |
Food preparing or manufacturing premises | 75 | 1 |
Hawkers' carts, stalls and street | 100 | 3 |
vendors | ||
Visits in connection with sampling | 322 | — |
Re Clean Food Byelaws | 61 | — |
Miscellaneous | 463 | — |
(2,455) | (34) | |
Factories with mechanical power | 102 | 10 |
Factories without mechanical power | 11 | — |
Other premises classified as factories | 2 | 1 |
Emission of smoke and fumes | 62 | 2 |
(177) | (13) | |
Shops (for Shops Act) | 92 | 19 |
Piggeries | 84 | 4 |
Caravan sites | 90 | 2 |
(266) | (25) |