London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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70
Overcrowding abated 8
Disinfestations
Ventilated food stores provided 2
Food stores ventilated 31
Defective chimneys repaired 168
,, brickwork repaired 86
Ventilation of rooms improved 5
Dirty conditions improved 13
House under-pinned 1
Water Sup-ply—
Drinking water service supplied direct from
main 40
Fittings renewed or repaired 15
Flushing cisterns renewed or repaired 48
Miscellaneous Items 259
TRADE PREMISES:
Factories and Workshops—
Want of cleanliness
Want of ventilation -p
Overcrowding
Want of drainage to floors —
Other nuisances 9
Sanitary accommodation—
Insufficient —
Unsuitable or defective 14
Not separate for sexes
Shops Acts—contraventions 40
Petroleum Acts—contraventions 3
FOOD PREPARING PLACES:
Yards, floors repaired, etc., cleansing, lime-
washing, light, and ventilation improved:
refuse bins provided, sanitary conditions
improved, etc.
Dairies and cowsheds
Slaughterhouses 4