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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TABLE VI.
SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS.
No. of Inspections. | No. of premises at which defects or contraventions were found. | ||
---|---|---|---|
Housing Inspection. | |||
For defects and nuisances | 1,148 | 52 | |
Verminous conditions | 5 | 2 | |
Water Supply | 66 | 1 | |
Cesspools | 66 | 9 | |
Common Lodging Houses | 57 | 1 | |
Drainage | 969 | 94 | |
Under Rent Act, 1957 | 27 | 4 | |
(2,338) | (163) | ||
Infectious Diseases. | |||
Inquiry Visits | 141 | — | |
Disinfection | 3 | — | |
(144) | ( — ) | ||
Food Premises. | |||
Bakehouses | 44 | 4 | |
Bakers' Shops | 16 | — | |
Butchers | 134 | 15 | |
Dairies and Milkshops | 24 | — | |
Fishmongers and Poulterers | 32 | 4 | |
Fish Fryers | 16 | — | |
Food Preparing or Manufacturing Premises | 32 | – | |
Greengrocers | 47 | 6 | |
Grocers | 240 | 15 | |
Ice Cream Premises | 61 | — | |
Restaurants, Hotels and Canteens | 90 | 5 | |
Street Vendors and Hawkers' Carts | 50 | — | |
Visits in connection with sampling | 112 | — | |
Miscellaneous | 272 | — | |
(1,170) | (49) | ||
Factories. | |||
Factories with mechanical power | 29 | 1 | |
Factories without mechanical power | 7 | 1 | |
Other premises classified as factories | 1 | — | |
Emission of smoke, grit, fumes and noise | 88 | – | |
(125) | (2) | ||
Rodent Control. | |||
Miscellaneous premises | 160 | — | |
(160) | ( — ) |