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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
Penge 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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Other Foods.
There are 15 bakehouses in the district, 2 being underground.
These have been periodically inspected and cleansed.
Four informal notices to remedy defects were served and
complied with.
In addition to visits to the slaughterhouses, 458 visits
were made to premises and stalls where foods are prepared,
stored or exposed for sale, and, with a few exceptions, these
were found to be kept in a satisfactory condition.
The following list shows the amount of food which was surrendered and then condemned from shops and stalls, and afterwards destroyed:—
| Chickens | 6 lbs. |
| Potatoes | 280 lbs. |
| Haddocks | 70 lbs. |
| Bream fillets | 14 lbs. |
| Cod fillets | 14 lbs. |
| Condensed milk | 84 tins |
| Lemon squash crystals | 164 tins |
| Tinned fruits | 52 tins |
| Brisling | 30 tins |
| Brawn | 1 tin |
| Honey | 7 jars |
Total weight: 4 cwts. 2 qrts. 22 lbs.
Adulteration, etc.
The Kent County Council administers the Food and
Drugs (Adulteration) Act in this District.