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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Inspections. | Nuisances and Defects found. | On Complaint. | Routine Inspections. | Re- Inspections. | Total Inspections. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under Insp. of District Reg | 2'278 | 3 | 263 | 21-25 | 2391 |
Housing Act, 1930, Sec. 17 | 383 | — | 52 | 220 | -27-2 |
Sec. 19 | — | — | — | 6 | 6 |
For Nuisances (No. not confirmed, 50) | 1648 | 458 | 45 | 1433 | 19345 |
Overcrowding | 6 | 11 | 1 | 23 | 35 |
Verminous houses | 38 | 43 | 1 | 35 | 79 |
Dirty conditions | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
Water supply | — | — | 5 | — | 5 |
Cesspools | 6 | 8 | 45 | 329 | 38-2 |
Earth closets | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Privy pans | — | — | 6 | 83 | 89 |
Privy bins | 1 | — | 2 | 394 | 396 |
Infectious disease | 1 | — | 231 | 28 | '259 |
Disinfection purposes | — | — | 95 | 14 | 109 |
Disinfestation purposes | 11 | — | 7 | 9 | 16 |
Tuberculosis visits | — | — | 7 | — | 7 |
Miscellaneous | — | — | 4 | — | 4 |
Totals | 4375 | 524 | 768 | 470-2 | 5994 |
Bakehouses—Factories | 18 | — | 28 | 15 | 43 |
Workshops | 11 | 1 | 28 | 23 | 52 |
Butchers' shops | 9 | 6 | 952 | 19 | 977 |
Confectionery shops | — | — | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Dairies, Cowsheds, etc | — | 1 | 86 | 5 | 92 |
Fish shops | — | — | 231 | - | 231 |
Fried fish shops | — | — | 10 | — | 10 |
Food hawkers | 4 | 2 | 155 | 1 | 158 |
Greengrocery, fruiterers | 1 | 1 | 121 | — | 122 |
Grocery shops | 36 | 4 | 161 | 7 | 172 |
Hotels, Restaurants, etc | 10 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 22 |
Ice cream premises | — | — | 3 | — | 3 |
Meat Regulations (spec, visits) | 1 | — | 3 | — | 3 |
Milk Sampling—Bact. ord | — | 2 | 52 | 1 | 55 |
„ graded | — | — | 59 | — | 59 |
Tuberc | — | — | 5 | — | 5 |
Chemical | — | — | 1 | - | 1 |
Milk and Dairies Order—Contravention | — | — | 1 | - | 1 |
Milk examined on highway | — | — | 54 | — | 54 |
Retail market | — | — | 121 | _ | 121 |
Slaughterhouses | — | — | 634 | 7 | 641 |
Cooked meat shops | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Totals | 93 | 19 | 2722 | 89 | 2830 |