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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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| Cleanliness:- | |
| Dirty rooms, etc. cleansed | 581 |
| Verminous rooms fumigated | 113 |
| Miscellaneous:- | |
| Houses with defective floors, joists, etc. repaired | 31 |
| Houses with defective plaster repaired | 76 |
| Houses with new sash lines provided to windows | 13 |
| Houses with windows frames, etc. repaired | 15 |
| Houses with yards or forecourts paved or repaired. | 11 |
| Houses with scullery paving repaired | 5 |
| Houses with air bricks renewed | 9 |
| Mouses with stairs repaired | 8 |
| Houses with with fireplace jambs and mantels repaired | 8 |
| Ventilation and light of rooms provided or improved | 7 |
| Kitchen stoves repaired or renewed | 26 |
| Scullery coppers repaired or renewed | 6 |
| Other stoves repaired or renewed | 29 |
| Doors repaired or renewed. | 10 |
| New dustbins provided | 30 |
| Premises with miscellaneous defects repaired, etc. | 28 |
| Overcrowding abated | 33 |
| Animals removed | 4 |
| Accumulations removed | 16 |
| Smoke nuisances abated | 6 |
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Milk supply
At The end of the year there were 9 premises registered as
dairies. In addition, 42 persons were registered to sell milk in
sealed containers only.
The analysis of 60 informal samples obtained during the year
show the foilowing average:-
Fat 3.65%
Solids not fat 8.85%
The following licenses were issued under the Milk (Special
Designations) Orders:-
Dealers ' Licenses:-
Tuberculin tested milk 2
Pasteurised milk 4
Supplementary Licenses:-
Tuberculin tested milk 3
Pasteurised milk 2
Meat.
Most of the meat sold in the district is obtained from the
London Meat Market.
Visits were paid to meat purveyors' premises from time to
time and attention drawn to the requirements of the Public Health
(Meat) Pegulations.
Slaughterhouses.
There weire two registered slaughterhouses in the district and
these were visited on 344 occasions to inspect carcases therein.