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

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Penge 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]

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Miscellaneous (continued):-
Houses with scullery paving repaired
4
Houses with air bricks renewed
6
Houses with stairs repaired
7
Houses with fireplace jambs and mantels repaired
5
Kitchen stoves repaired or renewed
5
Scullery coppers repaired or renewed
4
Other stoves repaired or renewed
14
Doors repaired or renewed
10
Ventilation and lighting of rooms improved
3
Chimney stacks repaired
8
New dustbins provided
23
Premises with miscellaneous defects repaired, etc.
21
Overcrowding abated
4
Animals removed
3
Manure receptacles provided
1
Wasps nests destroyed
8
Accumulations removed
13
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
At the end of the year there were 9 premises registered as
dairies.
The analysis of 28 informal samples of milk obtained during
the year, all of which were genuine, show the following satisfactory
average:-
Fat 3.66%
Solids, not fats 8.87%
The following licenses were issued under the Milk (Special
Designations) Orders
Dealers' Licenses
Tuberculin tested milk 2
Pasteurised milk. 3
Supplementary Licenses:-
Tuberculin tested milk 2
Pasteurised milk 3
The following shows the amount of food surrendered and
condemned from shops and stalls
Beef 78 lbs.
Eggs 309
Fish 74 lbs.
Sauces 10 bots.
Sausages 5 lbs.
Cordials 29 bots.
Tripe 13 lbs.
Pickles 17 bots.
Tinned Meat 77 tins.
Sugar 123 lbs.
Tinned Milk 172 tins.
Cereals 62 lbs.
Tinned Vegetables 98 tins.
Biscuits 5 lbs.
Tinned Fruits 89 tins.
Margarine 1½lbs.
Tinned Fish 42 tins.
Lard 1 lb
Tinned Soup 2 tins.
Butter ¼lb.
Jam. 60 lbs.
Coffee 67 lbs.
Cheese 42 lbs.
Chocolate lO½lbs.
Rabbits 1046 lbs.
Cake 3 lbs.
Approximate weight of food condemned:-
1 ton. 0 cwts. 3 qtrs. 13 lbs.
Periodical 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.
11.