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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74
Overcrowding abated 6
Disinfestations 15
Ventilated food stores provided 32
Food stores ventilated 20
Defective chimneys repaired 45
,, brickwork repaired 40
Eight and Ventilation of rooms improved 18
Dirty conditions improved 10
Houses closed for human habitation 11
Water Supply—
Drinking water service supplied direct from
main 31
Fittings renewed or repaired 11
Flushing cisterns renewed or repaired 49
Water supply re-instated 3
Miscellaneous Items 232
TRADE PREMISES:
Factories and Workshops—
Want of cleanliness 7
Want of ventilation 4
Overcrowding 4
Want of drainage to floors 1
Other nuisances 12
Sanitary accommodation—
Insufficient 2
Unsuitable or defective 6
Not separate for sexes —
Shops Acts—contraventions 51
Petroleum Acts—contraventions
Registry offices— ,, 1
FOOD PREPARING PLACES:
Yards, floors repaired, etc., cleansing, limewashing,
light, and ventilation improved;
refuse bins provided, sanitary conditions
improved, etc.
Dairies and cowsheds
Slaughterhouses 1