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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TABLE XII
TRADE PREMISES—
| Shops Act: | ||
| Ventilation improved | 1 | |
| Temperature improved | — | |
| Sanitary conveniences improved | 3 | |
| Absence of statutory forms | 34 | |
| Unsatisfactory Washing facilities remedied | 2 | |
| Meals rest interval contraventions remedied | 2 | |
| Seats for female workers provided | 2 | |
| Other offences or defects remedied | 7 | |
| Petroleum Acts contraventions | 1 | |
| Registry Office contraventions | 5 | |
| Offices (P.H. Act, 1936, Sect. 46 and 91) contraventions | 4 | |
| Pet Animals Act | — | 61 |
| RODENT CONTROL— | ||
| Trade premises | 46 | |
| Private premises | 347 | |
| Sewers (manholes) | 191 | |
| Corporation property | 584 | |
| MISCELLANEOUS— | ||
| Diseases of Animals Acts: | ||
| Piggeries—Cleansing | 1 | |
| Piggeries—Sanitary Conditions | — | |
| Stables—Cleansing | 1 | |
| Stables—Sanitary Conditions | — | |
| Animals, Keeping of | 1 | |
| Poultry Farms | — | |
| Schools | 7 | |
| Drain tests: | ||
| Smoke | — | |
| Water | 14 | |
| Colour | — | |
| Swimming Baths—visited | 3 | |
| Tents, Vans and Sheds — | 1 | |
| Accumulations (other than dwellings) | 7 | |
| Streams and Ponds | 1 | |
| Tips | 1 | |
| Public Houses—Urinals | 3 | |
| Cinemas | 1 | 41 |
| Grand Total | 2,718 | |
NOTICES ISSUED—
Preliminary :
| Housing | 550 |
| Food Premises | 83 |
| Factories, etc. | 68 |
| Trade Premises | 37 |
| Rodent Control | 481 |
| Miscellaneous | 79 |
| 1,298 | |
| Statutory | Nil |
| 1,298 |