London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1936
[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 |