Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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| Type of Inspection | On Complaint | Routine | Re Inspection | Total Visits | Nuisances Found | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought Forward | 15 | 125 | 126 | 266 | 61 | |
| - | - | - | - | |||
| — | 24 | 16 | 40 | 11 | ||
| 2. Other Premises under the Act (excl. outworkers' premises, hotels, Restaurants, etc. | - | 51 | 45 | 96 | 24 | |
| 3. Bakehouses | (a) Mech. power | 2 | 31 | 11 | 44 | 19 |
| (b) Non-mech. power | — | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | |
| 4. Outworkers' premises | — | 85 | 4 | 89 | 1 | |
| 5. Smoke Abatement | 9 | 43 | 26 | 78 | 3 | |
| 6. Fireguards Act | — | 38 | 39 | - | ||
| Totals | 26 | 403 | 234 | 663 | 121 | |
| Sampling of Food and Drugs, etc.— | ||||||
| 1. Milk : T.T. Certified | — | 3 | - | 3 | - | |
| T.T. Pasteurised | — | 23 | - | 23 | - | |
| Pasteurised | — | 43 | - | 43 | - | |
| Channel Islands Pasteurised | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | |
| Sterilised | — | 9 | — | 9 | - | |
| Channel Islands T.T. Pasteurised | — | 2 | - | 2 | - | |
| 2. Schools Milk (Pasteurised) | — | 11 | — | 11 | — | |
| 3. Pasteurising Plant: | ||||||
| T.T. Milk | — | 15 | — | 15 | - | |
| Pasteurised | — | 19 | — | 19 | - | |
| Washed Bottle | 1 | 4 | — | 5 | - | |
| 4. Tinned Milk | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Condensed Milk | — | 2 | - | 2 | - | |
| 5. Ice Cream | — | 39 | - | 39 | - | |
| Ice Cream Mix. | — | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| 6. Cream | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | |
| 7. Other Foods | 21 | 101 | 3 | 125 | - | |
| 8. Food Poisoning | 1 | 20 | 9 | 30 | - | |
| 9. Drinking Water | 1 | 10 | 1 | 12 | - | |
| 10. Rag Flock | — | 6 | - | 6 | - | |
| 11. Court Cases | — | — | — | - | - | |
| Totals | 25 | 313 | 13 | 351 | — | |
| Trade Premises- Various— | ||||||
| 1. Under Shops Act | 2 | 203 | 51 | 256 | 130 | |
| 2. Under Petroleum Acts | — | 65 | 112 | 177 | - | |
| 3. Registry Offices | — | 20 | 2 | 22 | 2 | |
| 4. Offices (P.H. Act 1936, Sees. 40 and 91) | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 3 | |
| 5. Pet Animals Act | — | 22 | 17 | 39 3 | 1 | |
| 6 Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act | — | 1 | 2 | - | ||
| 7. Merchandise Marks Act | — | 10 | 3 | 13 | 2 | |
| 8. Diseases of Animals Acts: | ||||||
| Movement Licences | — | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| Foot and Mouth Disease | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | |
| Swine Fever | - | 47 | 2 | 49 | - | |
| Fowl Pest | - | 1 | - | I | - | |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Interviews | - | 109 | - | 109 | - | |
| 9. Piggeries, Cleansing | — | 25 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Sanitary Conditions | — | 11 | 1 | 12 | - | |
| 10. Stables: | ||||||
| Cleansing | — | 3 | 6 | 9 | - | |
| Sanitary Conditions | — | 3 | - | 3 | - | |
| 11. Animals, Keeping of | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | |
| 12. Poultry Farms | — | — | - | - | - | |
| Totals | 16 | 530 | 210 | 756 | 143 | |