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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Type of Inspections. | Nuisances and Defects found. | No. of Inspections. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
On Complaint. | Routine Inspections. | Re- Inspections. | Total Inspections. | ||
Under Insp. of District Reg | 1047 | 11 | 125 | 3644 | 3780 |
Housing Act, 1930. Sec. 17 | — | — | — | 101 | 101 |
Sec. 19 | — | — | 5 | 77 | 82 |
For Nuisances (No. not confirmed, 70) | 1656 | 561 | 86 | 1915 | 2562 |
Overcrowding | — | — | - | 2 | 2 |
Verminous houses | 34 | 25 | 3 | 47 | 75 |
Dirty conditions | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 19 |
Water supply | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Cesspools | 6 | 6 | 2 | 90 | 98 |
Earth closets | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Privy pans | — | — | 1 | 31 | 32 |
Infectious disease | — | — | 156 | 22 | 178 |
Disinfection purposes | 1 | 1 | 79 | 7 | 87 |
Disinfestation purposes | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 |
Housing Act—measuring | — | — | 304 | 211 | 515 |
Totals | 2748 | 607 | 773 | 6174 | 7554 |
Bakehouses—Factories | 9 | — | 32 | 7 | 39 |
Workshops | 1 | — | 28 | 6 | 34 |
Butchers' shops | 15 | 2 | 863 | 7 | 872 |
Confectionery shops | - | - | 8 | 4 | 12 |
Dairies, Cowsheds, etc. | 9 | — | 103 | 9 | 112 |
Fish shops | — | — | 262 | 1 | 263 |
Fried fish shops | — | — | 6 | — | 6 |
Food hawkers | — | — | 151 | 1 | 152 |
Greengrocery, Fruiterers | 6 | — | 79 | 3 | 82 |
Grocery shops | 1 | 1 | 186 | 4 | 191 |
Hotels, restaurants | 7 | 1 | 17 | — | 18 |
Ice cream premises | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
Meat Regs. (spec. visits) | — | — | 5 | — | 5 |
Milk sampling—Bact. Ord. | — | 3 | 41 | — | 44 |
,, graded | — | 3 | 71 | — | 74 |
Tuberc. | — | — | 13 | — | 13 |
Milk examined on the highway | — | — | 56 | — | 56 |
Retail market | — | — | 40 | — | 40 |
Slaughterhouses | 5 | — | 611 | 5 | 616 |
Totals | 53 | 10 | 2574 | 47 | 2631 |