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Bromley 1952

[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 1952

TYPE OF INSPECTION.On ComplaintRoutineRe-InspectionTotal VisitsNuisances Found
Housing
1. Inspection of District Regulations55558
2. For Nuisances793933,2124,0981,082
3. Overcrowding7590221877
4. Verminous Conditions1911346420
5. Dirty Conditions7622354
6. Water Supply7312223
7. Cesspools12251
8. Caravans111
9. Privy Pails2114
10. Houses Let in Lodgings12693
11. Disinfestation62715o
12. Noxious Accumulations92617
13. Other Accumulations111024456
Totals9322773,3484,5571,137
Infectious Diseases—
1. Inquiry Visits (Nuisances found recorded in above table)4012136197
2. Disinfection Purposes13631187
3. Smallpox Inquiries44
4. Public Health (Aircraft Regulations)
Totals5718447288
Meat, Milk and Other Food Shops—
1. Butchers2880379199
2. Confectionery87151028
3. Dairies and Cowsheds (excl. Past. Plants)933962
4. Pasteurising Plants632651
5. Fish1251132654
6. Fried Fish190111024
7. Food Hawkers2323
8. Fruit, Greengrocery1113191337
9. Grocery364110374734
10. Ice Cream Shops1608168
11. Meat Regulations (Special Visits)44
12. Milk Examined on Highway99
13. Retail Market76761
14. Slaughterhouses2121
15. Horseflesh Shops1723175
16. Restaurants21323516925
17. School Canteens863219213
18. Public Houses138266511
19. Food Wholesaler77
20. Hotels11
21. Clean Food Byelaws1138414318
22. Hospital Food Store and Kitchen99
23. Merchandise Marks Act181811
24. Chemist22
25. Cinemas11
Totals213,0913003,412148
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 Authority1245359248
(ii) Factories not included in (i) to which Section 7 applies (a) Subject to Local Authority (transfer of Enforcement) Order, 19387978418855
(b) Others3363
Carried Forward22142122286106