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Bromley 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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TABLE X.

Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors for the Year 1947

TYPE OF INSPECTION.On Com -plaintRoutineRe InspectionTotalNuisances Found
Housing—
1. Inspection of District Regulations
2. For Nuisances4,5581546,50411,2167,170
3. Overcrowding283395137387
4. Verminous Conditions33255813
5. Dirty Conditions161122912
6. Water Supply36274532
7. Cesspools31154
8. Earth Closets
9. Privy Pails
10. Houses Let in Lodgings
11. Disinfestation18324456
12. Noxious Accumulations855187
13. Other Accumulati ns19274614
14. Special Visits4343
Totals4,9712486,60611,8787,345
Infectious Diseased—
1. Inquiry Visits (Nuisances found recorded
in above table)24761308
2. Disinfection Purposes29395
3. Smallpox Inquiries ...4040
4. Public Health (Aircraft Regulations)44
Totals ...238461447
Meat, Milk and Other Food Shops —
1. Butchers377984688160
2. Confectionery22653312
3. Dairies and Cowsheads584301199
4. Fish1130953254
5. Fried Fish60603
6. Food Hawkers88
7. Greengrocers, Fruiterers497171187
8. Grocery544373452563
9. Ice Cream•—122241462
10. Meat Regulations (Special Visits)25860
11. Milk Examined on Highway1111
12. Retail Market8181
13. Slaughterhouses2727
14. Horseflesh Shops113113
15. Mobile Canteens88
16. Works Canteens2461
17. Cafes, Restaurants, ctc.10717_—
Totals1152,2511722,538161
Factories, Outworkers, etc. 1. Factories in which Sects. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 of the Factories Act 1937 are to be enforced by the Local Authority1132287137
2. Factories not included in 1 in w hich Sect. 7 is enforced by the Local Authority822427243
3. Other Premises in which Sect. 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding outworkers' premises) ...11
4. Bakehouses (a) Mech. power536185917
(b) Non-mech. power1208294
5. Outworkers' premises2121
6. School Canteens15149389
7. Smoke Abatement12581
8. Restaurants, Hotels, Etc.352379220
Totals45199147391131