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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Table: TABLE VII.Summary of Work of Sanitary Inspectors for the Year 1938.

TABLE VII.

Summary of Work of Sanitary Inspectors for the Year 1938.

TYPE OF INSPECTIONS.Nuisances and Defects found.No. of Inspections.
On Complaint.Routine Inspections.Re Inspection.Total Inspection.
Houses Visited—
Under Insp. of District Reg1058—1799121061
Housing Act, 1936. Sec. 9——3115118
Sec. 111011—1314
Sec. 62——325
For nuisances(No. not confirmed, 166)21207865823843228
Overcrowding2331218
Verminous houses4634333AJ
Dirty conditions74149
Water supply—1—89
Cesspools537457134
Earth closets———
Privy pails——33
Infectious disease enquiries6—12213135
Disinfection purposes—182184 on
Disinfestation purposes—1109a)
Totals334583453835664938
Food Preparing Places—
Bakehouses—Factories13335745
Workshops2291396
Butchers' shops41—106131064
Confectionery shops—–30434
Dairies, Cowsheds, etc.12—66975
Fish shops1—239—239
Fried Fish shops——24–24
Food hawkers——1100110
Greengrocery, Fruiterers2—1106116
Grocery shops—22021206
Hotels, restaurants, etc.2231235
Ice cream premises——771188
Meat Regulations (special visits)——2810
Milk sampling—Bact. Ord——25–25
„ Graded——33–33
Tuberc.——11–11
Ice cream sampling——31–31
Milk examined on highway——23–23
Retail market——41–41
Slaughterhouses——598–598
Totals7392840542903