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Orpington 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]

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TABLE VII.

SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS.

Housing Inspection.No. of InspectionsNo. of premises at which defects or contraventions were found
For defects and nuisances90350
Verminous conditions168
Water supply1096
Cesspools476
Common lodging houses1—
Drainage1,05356
Infectious Diseases.(2,129)(126)
Inquiry visits171—
Disinfection7—
Food Premises.(178)(—)
Bakehouses4811
Butchers11531
Dairies and Milkshops491
Fishmongers and Poulterers3610
Fish Fryers8—
Food Preparing and Manufacturing Premises47—
Greengrocers9124
Grocers37965
Ice Cream Premises6216
Restaurants, Hotels, Canteens, etc.14444
Slaughterhouses193—
Street Vendors, Stalls and Hawkers Carts521
Visits in connection with sampling200—
Visits under Food Hygiene Regulations1,33492
Miscellaneous394—
Factories.(3,152)(295)
Factories with mechanical power453
Factories without mechanical power11
Other premises classified as factories3—
Emission of smoke, fumes and grit47—
Trade Premises.(96)(4)
Shops (for Shops Act)8212
Piggeries214
Caravan Sites512
Miscellaneous.(154)(18)
Swimming Baths25—
Suspected Food Poisoning42—
Keeping of Animals442
Noxious accumulations132
Schools9—
Public Conveniences32—
Rivers, Streams, etc.204
(185)(8)
Unclassified516_
(516)(-)
6,410451