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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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APPENDIX VII.
Summary of Work of Sanitary Inspectors for the Year
1934.
| Inspections. | Nuisances and Defects found. | On Complaint. | Routine Inspections. | Re- Inspections. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses Visited— | |||||
| Under Insp. of District Reg | 968 | — | 200 | 1478 | 1678 |
| Housing Act, 1930, Sec. 17 | 128 | — | 40 | 206 | 246 |
| Sec. 19 | _ | — | — | 5 | 5 |
| Sec. | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sec. | — | — | — | — | — |
| For Nuisances | 2311 | 581 | 143 | 1540 | 2264 |
| No. not conf'd (13) Overcrowding | 12 | 25 | 4 | 18 | 47 |
| Verminous houses | 29 | 37 | 3 | 15 | 55 |
| Dirty conditions | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| Water supply | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 4 |
| Cesspools | 102 | 8 | 130 | 79 | 217 |
| Earth closets | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Privy pans | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 22 |
| Privy bins | 94 | — | 98 | 501 | 599 |
| Infectious Disease | 3 | — | 319 | 51 | 370 |
| Disinfection purposes | — | — | 73 | 14 | 87 |
| Disinfestation purposes | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 28 |
| Added areas—Properties tabulated | _ | _ | 1924 | _ | 1924 |
| „ „ Drainage system enquiries | — | — | 216 | 3 | 219 |
| House let in lodgings | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 |
| Magistrates' Order | _ | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Sink refuse water to soakaways | 97 | — | 97 | — | 97 |
| Houses without separate sinks | 23 | — | 23 | — | 23 |
| „ „ water supply | 3 | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| „ served by wells | 5 | — | 5 | — | 5 |
| Food Preparing Places— | |||||
| Bakehouses—Factories | 29 | 1 | 52 | 15 | 68 |
| Workshops | 16 | — | 26 | 15 | 41 |
| Butchers' shops (including Meat Regs.) | 14 | — | 1507 | 5 | 1512 |
| Confectionery shops | 7 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 19 |
| Dairies, Cowsheds, etc. | 3 | 1 | 87 | 5 | 93 |
| Fish shops | 9 | 3 | 345 | 16 | 364 |
| Pried Fish shops | 4 | — | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| Food hawkers | — | — | 150 | — | 150 |
| Greengrocery, Fruiterers | 3 | 2 | 140 | 2 | 144 |
| Grocery shops (including Meat Regs.) | 2 | 1 | 233 | 4 | 238 |
| Hotels, Restaurants, etc. | 7 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 37 |
| Ice Cream premises | _ | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| Milk Sampling—Bact. Ord | — | — | 24 | — | 24 |
| „ graded | — | — | 28 | — | 28 |
| Tuberc. | — | — | 5 | — | 5 |
| Chemical | — | — | — | — | — |