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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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Child Life Protection.
| Number of foster parents on the Register: | |
| (a) at the beginning of the year | 5 |
| (b) at the end of the year | |
| Number of foster children on the Register: | |
| (a) at the beginning of the year | 6 |
| (b) at the end of the year | 5 |
| (c) who died during the year | — |
No legal proceedings were taken.
Dental Treatment.
Where necessary, expectant and nursing mothers and children
are referred to the Dental Surgeon for treatment and during the
year, this was done in 7 0 cases.
HOUSING.
There were no houses or flats erected during the..year. One house was converted into two flats.
| 1. | Inspection of dwellinghouses dearing the year: | |
| (1) | (a) Total number of dwellinghouses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 590 |
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose | 650 | |
| (2) | (a) Number of dwe11inghouses (included under subhead (l) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 and 1932. | 9 |
| (3) | Number of dwellinghouses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 1 |
| (4) | Number of dwe11inghouses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 550 |
| 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 | 534 | |
| 3. | Action under Statutory Powers: | |
| (a) | Proceedings under Section 9 of Housing Act, 1936. | Nil |
| (b) | Proceedings under Public Health Acts. (l) Number of dwellinghouses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 16 |
| (2) Number of dwellinghouses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices:- | ||
| (a) by Owners | 15 | |
| (b) by Local Authority in default of Owners | 1 |
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