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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 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Table: TABLE XIV—(Cont.)

TABLE XIV—(Cont.)

SAMPLING, FOOD and DRUGS ACT, Etc.On ComplaintRoutineRe-InspectionTotalNuisances Found
No. of Samples taken
1. Milk—Bact.: Ordinary10—11—11
„ Graded24—16—16
Tuberc. Tests5—6—6
Phosphatase Test17—20—20
Methylene „17—22—22
Churns ,,9—1—1
2. Food and Drugs—Sampling141216$28199
—Registration——11—11
3. Ice Cream40—51960
4. Food poisoning and Special Food Investigations52818127
5. Water (Drinking) Bact. Test6—22—22
6. Restaurants, Hotels, Canteens— (Special Investigations) —Washing Water4362525
—Utensils (Smears)35————
7. Samples of Earth4—5—5
Total7961037738425
Trade Premises— Various.
1. Shops Acts7862116
2. Petroleum Acts147811293
3. Registry Offices—2—2—
4. Offices (P.H. Act, Sec. 46)1——11
5. Diseases of Animals Acts : —Movement Licences—4—4—
—Sheep Dipping—8—8—
—Swine Fever—6—6—
—Anthrax—325—
6— Piggeries2153201
7. Stables12251
8— Rodent Control—Trade Premises411670876552
Private357122,6052,974360
Sewer Treatment—33235—
9. Public Houses—Urinals—65469—
Total4102213,4134,044434
Miscellaneous—
1. Animals, keeping of9—5145
2. Schools611173411
3. Drain Tests—Smoke111—122
Water1074—846
Colour222—24—
4.Tents, Vans and Sheds—246—
5.Billets and Camps—314—
6. Swimming Baths, Pools—4—4—
7. Air Raid Shelters—49—49—
8. Accumulations81013319
9. Streams1575631
10. Unclassified—306—306—
Total375494563134
Grand Total3,8794,4756,71615,0704,509
Interviews at Office and on Sites : 3,189