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Bromley 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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TABLE VII.

Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors for the year 1955.

TYPE OF INSPECTION.On ComplaintRoutineRe-InspectionTotal VisitsNuisances Found
Housing
1. Inspection of District Regulations11810292
2. For Nuisances7191712,8363,7251,012
3. Overcrowding2080241244
4. Verminous Conditions2112245719
5. Dirty Conditions151220476
6. Water Supply21141
7. Cesspools12251
8. Earth Closets—————
9. Privy Pails—1—11
10. Houses Let in Lodgings1—123
11. Disinfestations2318307121
12. Noxious Accumulations6414244
13. Other Accumulations128315111
14. Housing Repairs & Rents Act1411618131149
Totals8354433,1734,4511,134
Infectious Diseases-
1. Inquiry Visits (Nuisances found recorded in above table)—10828136—
2. Disinfection Purposes—441155—
3. Smallpox Inquiries—71017—
4. Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations—————
5. Food Poisoning5201944—
Totals517968852-
Meat, Milk and Other Foods etc.—
1. Butchers and Wholesale Depots71,270351,31243
2. Confectionery11442216713
3. Dairies and Cowsheds (excl. Past. Plants)...152255—
4. Pasteurising Plants—56—56—
5. Fish322972391
6. Fried Fish—7710875
7. Food Hawkers—758839
8. Fruit Greengrocery—2412026113
9. Grocery84535751847
10. Ice Cream Shops—169121819
11. Meat Regulations (Special Visits)—13—13—
12. Milk Examined on Highway—1—1—
13. Retail Market—1001962967
14. Slaughterhouses11071109—
15. Horseflesh Shops—72—72—
16. Restaurants & Hotels31144416164
17. School Canteens & Others5399539
18. Public Houses11212253
19. Food Wholesaler1145—146—
20. Clean Food Byelaws—71210481615
21. Hospital Food Store and Kitchen1247—
Merchandise Marks Act—2311624710
23. Food Preserving Premises—81018—
24. Bakehouses (other than Factory Act)334215830
Totals354,3565904,981278
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 Authority127113915
(ii) Factories not included in (i) to which Section 7 applies6786514942
Carried Forward71057618857