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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Housing | |||||
1. Inspection of District Regulations | — | 11 | 12 | 23 | 11 |
2. For Nuisances | 683 | 179 | 3,233 | 4,095 | 1,053 |
3. Overcrowding | 10 | 35 | 22 | 67 | 6 |
4. Verminous Conditions | 17 | 7 | 22 | 46 | 8 |
5. Dirty Conditions | 16 | 15 | 24 | 55 | 14 |
6. Water Supply | 8 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 2 |
7. Cesspools | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - |
8. Earth Closets | — | - | - | - | - |
9. Privy Pails | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
10. Houses Let in Lodgings | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
11. Disinfestations | 8 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 6 |
12. Noxious Accumulations | 12 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 6 |
13. Other Accumulations | 11 | 9 | 36 | 56 | 11 |
14. Housing Repairs & Rents Act | 2 | 2 | 20 | 24 | 11 |
15. Old People's Homes | — | 2 | — | 2 | - |
Totals | 769 | 293 | 3,412 | 4,474 | 1,128 |
Infectious Diseases | - | ||||
1. Inquiry Visits (Nuisances found recorded | - | ||||
in above table) | — | 112 | 66 | 178 | - |
2. Disinfection Purposes | — | 22 | 9 | 31 | - |
3. Smallpox Inquiries | — | - | - | - | - |
4. Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations | — | - | - | - | - |
5. Food Poisoning | 1 | 53 | 37 | 91 | — |
Totals | 1 | 187 | 112 | 300 | — |
Meat, Milk and Other Foods etc.— | |||||
1. Butchers and Wholesale Depots | 6 | 1,157 | 21 | 1,184 | 86 |
2. Confectionery | 4 | 122 | 36 | 162 | 30 |
3. Dairies and Cowsheds (excl. Past. Plants) | — | 46 | 3 | 49 | 4 |
4. Pasteurising Plants ... | — | 49 | 1 | 50 | - |
5. Fish | 1 | 182 | 8 | 191 | 10 |
6. Fried Fish | — | 48 | 1 | 49 | 5 |
7. Food Hawkers | - | 64 | 4 | 68 | 10 |
8. Fruit Greengrocery | 1 | 205 | 30 | 236 | 52 |
9. Grocery | 11 | 371 | 64 | 446 | 129 |
10. Ice Cream Shops | 1 | 85 | 6 | i)2 | 4 |
11. Meat Regulations (Special Visits) | — | 6 | 4 | 10 | - |
12. Milk Examined on Highway | - | 4 | 2 | 6 | - |
13. Retail Market | 1 | 98 | 185 | 284 | 7 |
14. Slaughterhouses | - | 131 | - | 131 | - |
15. Horseflesh Shops | 1 | 56 | 5 | 62 | 3 |
16. Restaurants, Hotels, Clubs, etc | 3 | 113 | 52 | 168 | 82 |
17. School Canteens & Others | 3 | 60 | 19 | 82 | 19 |
18. Public Houses | 2 | 19 | 11 | 32 | 7 |
19. Food Wholesaler | 2 | 277 | 1 | 280 | 9 |
20. Food Hygiene Regulations | - | 749 | 7 | 756 | 28 |
21. Industrial, Institutional & Hospital Kitchens | - | 25 | 7 | 32 | 38 |
22. Merchandise Marks Act | - | 234 | 13 | 247 | 17 |
23. Food Preserving Premises | - | 29 | 1 | 30 | - |
24. Bakehouses (other than Factory Act) | 3 | 58 | 13 | 74 | 29 |
25. Meat Carriers | - | 2 | - | - | |
Totals | 39 | 4,190 | 494 | 4,723 | 569 |
Factories, Outworkers, etc.— | |||||
1. (t) Factories in which Sects. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 of the Factories Act 1937 are to be enforced by the Local Authority | - | 26 | 52 | 78 | 14 |
(i») Factories not included in (») in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | — | 96 | 43 | 139 | 55 |
Carried Forward | — | 122 | 95 | 217 | 69 |