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

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Orpington 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]

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TABLE VII.

SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF THE SANITARY INSPECTORS.

No. of Inspections.No. of premises at which defects or contraventions were found.
Housing Inspection.For defects and nuisances81461
Verminous conditions165
Water supply1782
Cesspools263
Common Lodging Houses12—
Drainage74645
(1792)(116)
Infectious Diseases. Inquiry visits356—
Disinfection22—
(378)
Food Premises.Bakehouses6714
Butchers1603
Dairies and Milkshops56—
Fishmongers and Poulteres421
Fish Fryers13—
Food preparing or manufacturingpremises63—
Greengrocers49—
Grocers3905
Ice Cream Premises43—
Restaurants, hoters, canteens, etc.1378
Slaughterhouses417—
Street Vendor Stalls, Hawkers' carts60—
Visits in connection with sampling189—
Re Clean Food Byelaws30 401—
Miscellaneous(2123)(31)
Factories.
Factories with machanical power737
Factories without mechanical power4—
Other premises classified as factories8—
Emission of smoke and fumes117l
(202(8)
Trade Premises.11917
Shops (for Shops Act)473
Paggeries73—
Caravan sites(239)(20)