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Bromley 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Section D. Sanitary Circumstances of the Area. Page
Water 46
Drainage and Sewerage 47
Cesspools 47
Rivers, Streams and Lakes 47
Swimming Baths and Pools 47
Public Cleansing and Refuse Collection 48
Sanitary Inspection of the Area 48
Factories Act, 1937 49
Shops Acts, 1912-1936 49
Smoke Abatement 49
Verminous Conditions and Uncleanliness 49
Rodent Control 50
Section E. Housing.
Housing Inspections 52
Nuisances and Defects Abated 52
Rehousing 53
Section F. Inspection and Supervision of Foods.
Food Sampling 56
Food and Drugs Act, 1938 56
Bacteriological Examinations 58
Special Enquiries 59
Meat and Other Foods 60
Slaughterhouses 6()
Inspection of Food Premises 60
Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1936-46 60
Unsound Food 60
Section G Prevalence of, and Control Over, Infectious and Other
Diseases.
Scarlet Fever 64
Diphtheria 64
Diphtheria Immunisation 64
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis 65
Puerperal Pyrexia 65
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 65
Measles 66
Whooping Cough 66
Tuberculosis 66
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1925 67
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 172 67
Treatment of Tuberculosis 67
Other Infectious Diseases 67
Section H. Other Services Supervised by the Health Department.
Diseases of Animals Acts 70
Registries for Female Domestic Servants 70
Petroleum Acts 70
Retail Market 70