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 Bromley]
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The following figures show the increase in licenced storage which has taken place since 1926:—
year. | Petroleum Spirit, (in gallons). | Licences issue (Petrol only) |
---|---|---|
1926 | 66,915 | 77 |
1927 | 103,025 | 69 |
1928 | 159,335 | 82 |
1929 | 159,746 | 92 |
1930 | 166,308 | 81 |
1931 | 168,925 | 83 |
1932 | 176,090 | 93 |
1933 | 170,789 | 98 |
Statistical details with regard to inspections and defects found in factories, workshops and workplaces may be seen in Appendix XIV. The total number of factories, workshops, workplaces, and outworkers' premises on the registers is 445, and the following is a tabulation of the businesses carried on:—
Bakehouses | 31 |
Bootmakers | 40 |
Dressmakers | 27 |
Laundries | 41 |
Motor and Cycle Engineers | 59 |
Outworkers | 18 |
Restaurants, Eating Houses, etc. | 38 |
Tailors | 34 |
Upholsterers | 17 |
Sundry trades | 140 |
XI.—PREMISES AND OCCUPATIONS CONTROLLED
BY BYE-LAWS, REGULATIONS, ETC.
The following types of premises undergo regular
visitation by the staff of the Health Department, and in
connection with this work 4,896 visits were made:—
Bakehouses.
Butchers' premises.
Cinemas.
Confectionery, Ice Cream, etc.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops.
Factories, Workshops, Workplaces, and Outworkers'
premises,