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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 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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2. Remedy of Defects during the year without Service
of Formal Notices.
Number of defective dwelling houses rendered
fit in consequence of informal action by the Local
Authority or their Officers 819
3. Action under Statutory Powers.
Proceedings under the Public Health Acts:—
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied 1
(2) Number of dwelling houses in which defects
were remedied after service of formal notices
(a) By owners 1
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners —
Inspections and Abatements.

Table: The foregoing figures are amplified in the following tabulation which gives total figures relative to housing visits of all kinds including figures not falling under the preceding headings.

The foregoing figures are amplified in the following tabulation which gives total figures relative to housing visits of all kinds including figures not falling under the preceding headings.

Housing Inspections.On Complaint. IioutineRe-InspectionsTotal.
1. Inspection of District Regulations----
2. For Nuisances10014923153365
3. Overcrowding911323
4. Verminous Conditions1914767
5. Dirty Conditions17—5673
6. Water Supply6—814
7. Cesspools—2—2
8. Earthclosets1—12
9. Inadequately housed surveys-23124
10. Special housing inquiries6613382
11. Disinfestation1924869
Noxious accumulation1042539
Totals11489525173760

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Nuisances and defects found: 1,410. '
Nuisances and defects remedied: 1,140.
Of the 1,140 defects abated 233 concerned drainage, 221
dampness, 58 plastering renewed or repaired, 93 floors renewed
or repaired, 46 windows repaired, 109 dustbins provided, 86
water supply fittings, renewals, etc., and 294 miscellaneous
items.