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Penge 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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Lodging Houses.
There are 5 Common Lodging Houses and 53 Houses
Let-in-lodgings on the registers. They are periodically
inspected and cleansed.
Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925.
During the year 62 houses in various roads were inspected,
the drains tested and particulars recorded, in accordance with
these Regulations. Notices requiring defects to be remedied
were served in 56 instances.
SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS AND VISITS.
The following summary shows the number of visits and inspections made:—
| Inspections through complaints received | 439 |
| Inspections re defective dustbins | 181 |
| Inspections under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 | 62 |
| Visits re cases of infectious diseases | 187 |
| Visits re transferable deaths | 58 |
| Visits re housing applications | 52 |
| Houses Let-in-Lodgings and Common Lodging Houses | 105 |
| Slaughterhouses | 327 |
| Bakehouses | 58 |
| Dairies | 55 |
| Milkshops | 39 |
| Meat shops | 67 |