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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 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]

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Houses with scullery paving repaired3
Houses with air bricks renewed15
Houses with stairs repaired8
Houses with fireplace jambs and mantels repaired4
Kitchen stoves repaired or renewed11
Scullery coppers repaired or renewed5
Other stoves repaired or renewed19
Doors repaired or renewed15
Ventilation and lighting of rooms improved13
Chimney stacks repaired,7
New dustbins provided27
Premises with miscellaneous defects repaired, etc.32
Overcrowding abated1
Animals removed5
Manure receptacles provided1
Wasps nests destroyed4
Accumulations removed22

Table: INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.The analysis of 12 informal samples of milk obtained during the year, all of which were genuine, show the following satisfactory average:-

INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.

The analysis of 12 informal samples of milk obtained during the year, all of which were genuine, show the following satisfactory average:-

Fat3.92%
Solids, not fat3.86%

Table: The following licences were issued under the Milk (Special Designations) Orders

The following licences were issued under the Milk (Special Designations) Orders

Dealers' Licences:-
Tuberculin tested milk1
Pasteurised milk3
Supplementary Licences
'tuberculin tested milk4
Pasteurised milk4

Table: The following shows the amount of food surrendered and condemned from shops and stalls:-

The following shows the amount of food surrendered and condemned from shops and stalls:-

Bacon72 lbs.Custard powder7 pkts.
Mutton36 lbs.Pudding mixture4 pkts.
Beef199 lbs.Oranges20 lbs.
Fish231 lbs.Eggs43
Sausages7 lbs.Sauces5 bots.
Liver Meat3 lbs.Salad cream3 bots.
Tinned Meat452 tins.Pickles2 bots .
Tinned meat & vegetable534 tins.Bread7 lbs.
Tinned Milk53 tins.Cereals60 lbs.
Tinned Vegetables51 tins.Biscuits4 lbs.
Tinned Fruits,43 tins.Dried fruit40 lbs.
Tinned Soup2 tins.Mincemeat1 lb.
Jam113 lbs.Flour65 lbs.
Cheese21 lbs.Coffee essence2 bots.
Rabbits461 lbs.Cocoa½ lb.
Chickens150 lbs.Cake10 lbs.
Meat & fish paste6 jars.Split peas4 lbs.
Tinned Fish43 tins.

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Approximate weight of food condemned:1
ton, 4 cwts. 0 qtrs. 13 lbs.
12.