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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98
Water Supply:
Provided —
Installations repaired 52
General Items:
Wallplaster 411
Ceiling Plaster 192
Floors 148
Rooms cleansed or redecorated 95
Windows and doors 353
Ventilation 27
Staircases 26
Fireplaces, etc. (ex. Clean Air) 13
Yard paving and drainage 15
Dustbins 72
Food storage and preparation 85
Nuisances from animals abated 19
Accumulations removed 197
Premises disinfested 105
Premises disinfected 23
NOTICES
Infringements found, either as a result of routine inspections,
or following the investigations of complaints, are dealt with by
informally requesting the owners or agents to apply a suitable
remedy. If these requests are not acceded to after an appropriate
interval Statutory Notices are served. 719 Informal Notices were
issued of which 438 had been complied with by the end of the
year. 131 Statutory Notices were served. During the year 107
Statutory Notices were fully complied with.
MOVEABLE DWELLINGS
The Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960
prohibits the use of land as a caravan site without a site licence.
Licences are issued by Local Authorities who may attach conditions
to them to enforce a satisfactory standard of environment
for the caravan dwellers.