London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1937
[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 | — |