London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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151
NUMBER OF DEFECTS OR CONTRAVENTIONS FOUND
Housing:
Defects and Nuisances 1,682
Filthy and verminous conditions 48
Water supply 29
Cesspools 2
Drainage 863
Overcrowding 7
Rent Act 3
Infectious Diseases and Food Poisoning 68
Food Premises:
Bakers and Bakehouses 64
Meat Depots and Stalls 9
Butchers 99
Fishmongers and Poulterers 41
Grocers 128
Greengrocers 59
Dairies and Milk Shops 28
Ice Cream Premises 44
Food Preparing and Manufacturing Premises 41
Restaurants, Hotels, Canteens, etc. 92
Street Vendors, Hawkers' Carts and Markets 27
Trade Premises:
Caravan Sites 1
Theatres, etc., Places of entertainment -
Common Lodging Houses 2
Factories 88
Hairdressers 29
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 451
Miscellaneous:
Rodent Control—Agricultural Property 3
Non-Agricultural Property 34
Keeping of Animals 2
Noxious Accumulations 88
Smoke and Clean Air Act 120
Noise Abatement Act 24
Rivers, Streams, etc. 4