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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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| Brickwork renewed or repaired | 37 |
| Pointing renewed or repaired | 179 |
| Rooms cleansed | 601 |
| Floors renewed or repaired | 107 |
| Windows ,, ,, ,, | 369 |
| Doors ,, ,, ,, | 38 |
| Stoves ,, ,, ,, | 81 |
| Plastering „ „ „ | 245 |
| Hand-rails renewed, repaired, or provided | 72 |
| Yard paving „ „ „ | 92 |
| Coppers „ „ „ | 74 |
| New dustbins provided | 293 |
| Overcrowding abated | 10 |
| Disinfestations | 10 |
| Dirty conditions improved | 12 |
| Ventilated food stores provided | 26 |
| Staircases repaired | 2 |
| Drinking water service supplied direct from main | 54 |
| Fittings renewed or repaired | 15 |
| Miscellaneous items | 147 |
| TRADE PREMISES: | |
| Want of cleanliness | 18 |
| Want of ventilation | 4 |
| Overcrowding | 3 |
| Want of drainage to floors | 1 |
| Other nuisances | 29 |
| Sanitary accommodation— | |
| Insufficient | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 11 |
| Not separate for sexes | 4 |
| Shops Acts—contraventions | 39 |