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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Summary of Work of Sanitary Inspectors for the Year
TYPE OF INSPECTIONS. | No. of Inspections. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nuisances and Defects found. | On Complaint. | Routine Inspections. | Re- Inspections. | Total. Inspections. | |
Under Insp. of District Reg | 1135 | — | 115 | 1380 | 1495 |
Housing Act, 1936. Sec. 9 | 1 | 1 | — | 86 | 87 |
Sec. 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 63 |
Sec. 62 | 3 | — | 3 | — | 3 |
Sec. 4 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 |
For nuisances | 2308 | 695 | 64 | 2081 | 2840 |
(No. not confirmed, 83) Overcrowding | 1 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 29 |
Verminous houses | 14 | 16 | 3 | 49 | bo |
Dirty conditions | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 22 |
Water supply | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 5 |
Cesspools | 8 | 8 | 26 | 77 | 111 |
Earth closets | — | — | — | — | — |
Privy pails | — | — | — | 19 | 19 |
Privy bins | — | — | — | — | — |
Infectious disease | — | — | 169 | 11 | 180 |
Disinfection purposes | — | 1 | 124 | 6 | 131 |
Disinfestation purposes | 1 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 27 |
Special visits re overcrowding | 31 | — | 83 | 2 | 85 |
Totals | 3508 | 735 | 615 | 3817 | 5167 |
Bakehouses—Factories | 25 | 1 | 50 | 15 | 66 |
Workshops | 5 | — | 22 | 8 | 30 |
Butchers' shops | 21 | 4 | 1298 | 17 | 1319 |
Confectionery shops | 1 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 36 |
Dairies, Cowsheds, etc | 4 | — | 74 | 16 | 90 |
Fish shops | 10 | — | 259 | — | 259 |
Fried Fish shops | 3 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 21 |
Food hawkers | — | — | 96 | — | 96 |
Greengrocery, Fruiterers | 9 | 2 | 137 | 8 | 147 |
Grocery shops | 14 | 1 | 322 | 3 | 326 |
Hotels, Restaurants, etc | 19 | — | 55 | 9 | 64 |
Ice Cream premises | — | — | 17 | — | 17 |
Milk Sampling—Bact. Ord | — | — | 35 | — | 35 |
,, graded | — | — | 40 | — | 40 |
Tuberc. | — | — | 5 | — | 5 |
Milk examined on highway | — | — | 21 | — | 21 |
Retail market | — | — | 50 | — | 50 |
Slaughterhouses | 1 | — | 636 | — | 636 |
Totals | 112 | 11 | 3163 | 84 | 3258 |