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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Entrance hall and staircase
43
Bathrooms cleansed | 3 |
Light and ventilation of rooms improved | 67 |
Plastering repaired or renewed | 243 |
Floors | 77 |
Window frames, etc,, repaired or renewed | 157 |
Sash cords | 137 |
Putty pointing | 45 |
Doors | 47 |
Stoves | 78 |
Coppers | 31 |
Handrails | 21 |
Stairtreads, etc. | 7 |
Dustbins provided | 167 |
Dirty conditions remedied | 12 |
Overcrowding abated | |
Defective chimneys repaired | 30 |
External woodwork painted | 21 |
Food stores—Provided | 63 |
Ventilated | 20 |
Yard paving renewed or provided | 81 |
Houses disinf'ested | 32 |
Water Supply— | |
Drinking water service supplied direct from main | 19 |
Fittings renewed, etc. | 12 |
Supply re-instated | |
Flushing cisterns repaired or renewed | 45 |
Miscellaneous Items | 121 |
TRADE PREMISES: | |
factories and Workshops— | |
Want of cleanliness | — |
Want of drainage to floors | — |
Other nuisances | 10 |
Sanitary accommodation— Insufficient | 2 |
Unsuitable and defective | 4 |
1 Not separate for sexes | 1 |
Petroleum Acts—contraventions | 54 |
Milk and Dairies—contraventions | — |