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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The following summary shows the number of visits and inspections made:—
Inspections through complaints received | 437 |
Inspections re defective dustbins | 42 |
Inspections under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 | 33 |
Visits re cases of infectious diseases | 115 |
Visits re transferable deaths | 82 |
Visits re overcrowding survey and measurement of rooms | 512 |
Houses Let-in-Lodgings and Common Lodging Houses | 111 |
Slaughterhouses | 325 |
Bakehouses | 43 |
Dairies | 44 |
Milkshops | 37 |
Meat shops | 64 |
Fish shops | 28 |
Ice cream shops | 15 |
Other food shops, stores and stalls | 172 |
Urinals | 33 |
Stables | 70 |
Visits under Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act | 83 |
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces | 88 |
Visits under Shops Acts | 304 |
Smoke observations | 40 |
Inspections and re-inspections of work in hand and various visits | 2,168 |
Drain tests | 138 |