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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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Contraventions.
Nature of Offence. Type of Shop. Action taken
Sale after statutory
hour of closing Bags, trunks, etc. Warning
Ditto Fruiterer and
Greengrocer Ditto
Ditto Confectionery Ditto
Ditto Silk Stall (in Market) Ditto
Assistants employed
after statutory
hour on half-day
closing Grocers Ditto
IX.—PETROLEUM ACTS.
Number of Licences issued 93
(i) For Petroleum Spirit 88
(ii) For Carbide of Calcium 5
Total quantity of Petroleum Spirit in
gallons 176,090
(i) Bulk storage in gallons 158,745
(ii) Two-gallon can storage in gallons 17,345
Carbide of Calcium in lbs.704
Of the 93 licences issued, 81 were renewals and 12
were new or additional licences. Included in the total
of 93 licences are 24 licences for combined bulk and
can storage.
Two hundred and seven visits to storage places were
made during 1932.
The following figures show the increase in licenced storage which has taken place since 1926: —
| Year. | Petroleum Spirit, (in gallons). | Licences issued. (Petrol only). |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 66,915 | 77 |
| 1927 | 103,025 | 69 |
| 1928 1929 | 159,335 159,746 | 82 92 |
| 1930 | 166,308 | 81 |
| 1931 | 168,925 | 83 |
| 1932 | 176,090 | 93 |