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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

Bromley 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Table: The following list of streets and houses, with defects discovered, indicates the-work during the past year:

The following list of streets and houses, with defects discovered, indicates the-work during the past year:

Street.No. Inspected.No. with Defects.
Bromley Crescent2826
Canon Road5740
Gravel Pits1210
Havelock Road7558
Howard Road4321
Johnson Road3524
Liddon Road5535
Newbury Road9139
Simpsons Road3020
Vale Cottages1610
Total442283

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The Staff were able by the good will of the owners to
get the whole of the necessary repairs carried out—a fact
of importance in considering the housing question in Bromley.
By a reference to the statistical table in appendix the nature
of the housing defects will be seen.
Over 4,000 houses are on the schedule for inspection,
the complete list being inspected every 10 years.
In addition houses came under inspection on complaint,
infectious disease, and at other specified occasions, and the
general willingness of owners to have defects remedied is a
happy indication of the success of the inspectors' work.
VI.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF
FOOD.
Milk.—During the past five years milk has occupied a
prominent place in many new orders and regulations. The
grading of milks, the registration of dairies and dairymen,
and the control of tuberculous milk are all very necessary