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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS AND VISITS.
The following summary shows the number of visits and inspections made:—
| Inspections through complaints received | 551 |
| Inspections re defective dustbins | 14 |
| Inspections under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 | 73 |
| Visits re cases of infectious diseases | 206 |
| Visits re transferable deaths | 98 |
| Visits re overcrowding and measurement of rooms | 304 |
| Houses Let-in-Lodgings and Common Lodging Houses | 123 |
| Slaughterhouses | 268 |
| Bakehouses | 39 |
| Dairies | 43 |
| Milkshops | 35 |
| Meat shops | 62 |
| Fish shops | 25 |
| Ice cream shops | 10 |
| Other food shops, stores and stalls | 219 |
| Urinals | 42 |
| Stables | 69 |
| Visits under Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act | 117 |
| Factories, Workshops and Workplaces | 101 |
| Visits under Shops Acts | 363 |
| Smoke observations | 26 |
| Inspections and re-inspections of work in hand and | |
| various visits | 2,098 |
| Drain tests | 166 |