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 Penge]
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Inspections through complaints received | 657 |
Housing Act | 263 |
Overcrowding and measurement of rooms | 10 |
Infectious diseases | 74 |
Houses-let-in-Lodgings and Common lodging houses | 111 |
Bakehouses | 85 |
Dairies and milk distributors | 91 |
Meat shops | 170 |
Fish frying shops | 40 |
Ice cream shops | 76 |
Cafes and restaurants | 158 |
Food factories | 144 |
Other food shops, stores and stalls | 605 |
Public conveniences | 81 |
Stables | 20 |
Rats and mice | 350 |
Factories | 234 |
Outworkers | 51 |
Schools | 8 |
Smoke observation | 23 |
Drain tests | 150 |
Keeping of animals | 21 |
Food and water sampling | 137 |
Movable dwellings | 20 |
Rag Flock and Pet Animals Acts | 16 |
Transferable deaths | 97 |
Revisits and inspections of works in hand | 3,576 |
Miscellaneous visits | 251 |
Shops Act inspections and patrols | 372 |
Heating Appliances Act | 5 |
Water supply reinstated to houses | 6 |
Water service pipes repaired | 19 |
Cisterns cleansed, covered or covers repaired | 2 |
New pans and traps fixed | 15 |
Flushing apparatus renewed or repaired | 28 |
Foul pans and traps cleansed | 9 |
Connection of flushing pipes to pans made good | 3 |
Seats and doors provided or repaired | 16 |
Ventilation provided or improved | 5 |
Walls repaired | 4 |
Flooring or paving repaired | 6 |