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Bromley 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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TABLE VI.

Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors for the Year 1949.

TYPE OF INSPECTION.On ComplaintRoutineRe-InspectionTotal VisitsNuisances Found
Housing —
1. Inspection of District Regulations124254-
2. For Nuisances1,4411724,7726,3855,250
3. Overcrowding19493929610
4. Verminous Conditions153163415
5. Dirty Conditions8630445
6. Water Supply112233611
7. Cesspools-
8. Earth Closets---
9. Privy Pails222
10. Houses Let in Lodgings---
11. Disinfestation344116
12. Noxious Accumulations1012228
13. Other Accumulations208255319
Totals1,7023004,9356,9375,326
Infectious Diseases—
1. Inquiry Visits (Nuisances found recorded in above table)5712314194-
2. Disinfection Purposes1013730-
3. Smallpox Inquiries2124-45
4. Public Health (Aircraft Regulations)-
5. Polio Contacts14_14_
6. Typhoid Contacts55-
Totals8817921288
Meat, Milk and Other Food Shops—
1. Butchers165794463941
2. Confectionery1214262
3. Dairies and Cowsheds (excl. Past Plants)13814537
4. Pasteurising Plants39-39
5. Fish .7293630616
6. Fried Fish446502
7. Food Hawkers88
8. Fruit, Greengrocery39391
9. Grocery454063548672
10. Ice Cream1227723518
11. Meat Regulations (Special Visits)23-5
12. Meat Examined on Highway9-9
13. Retail Market77-77
14. Slaughterhouses29-29
15. Horseflesh Shops1-1
16. Restaurants51265818997
17. School Canteens7143248
18. Public Houses23016487
19. Cinemas & Theatre11245
20. Hotels1231
21. Circus1341
Totals891,9852002,274278
Factories, Outworkers, etc.
1. (i) Factories in which Sects. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 of the Factories Act 1937 are to be enforced by the Local Authority1318124336
(ii) Factories not included in 1 in which Sect. 7 is enforced by the Local Authority
(a) Subject to Local Authority (transfer of Enforcement) Order, 1938513648222
(b) Others2132
Carried Forward .20317712860