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2. Remedy of Defects without service of formal notices:
Number of defective dwellinghouses rendered fit in
consequence of informal action by the Local Authority
or their officers 418
3. Action under Statutory Powers:
(a) Proceedings under Section 9 of Housing Act, 1936. Nil
(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts.
(1) Number of dwellinghouses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied 13
(2) Number of dwellinghouses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal notices
(a) by Owners 8
(b) by Local Authority in default of Owners 5
4. Housing Act , 1936 - Overcrowding;
Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the
year 4
PREVALENCE OP, and CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
Diphtheria.
Two cases were notified (compared with 14 the previous year),
this being the lowest number recorded in one year since Penge became
an Urban District. Both were over school age.
They received hospital treatment and recovered. There were no
"return" cases.
Diphtheria Immunisation.
A Clinic was opened at the Maternity and Child Welfare Centre
on the 17th March, 1941, The following table gives the attendance,
etc..during the year 1942.
Under 5
years.
Over 5
years.
First Inoculations
347
304
Second Inoculations
323
220
Schick Tests
235
372
Children who received complete
course of Immunisation
323
220
Scarlet Fever.
.There were 28 cases of Scarlet Fever notified (as against 11
in 1941) and 23 of these were removed to hospital.
The disease generally was of a mild type. There were no
deaths and no "return" cases.
Scabies.
There was an increase in the number of cases of scabies,
Pat'ients (other than school children) who attended at the Maternity
and Child Welfare Centre for treatment numbered 212 and they
received 859 treatments,
Information regarding school children will be found in the
School Medical Officer's report.
5.