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Penge 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]

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Drains tested with smoke,water or colour	59
Drains cleared	80
Houses with drains partially relaid	49
Inspection chambers constructed or improved	14
Soil and ventilation pipes fixed or repaired	10
Sinks, lavatory basins and baths provided	14
Sink fillets repaired	10
Waste pipes renewed or provided	17
Waste pipes repaired or trapped	36
Waste pipes cleared	7
Fresh-air-inlets provided or repaired	6
Rainwater pipes disconnected from drain	3
Dampness, Houses with :
Walls repointed or rendered	25
Dampness in ground floor rooms remedied	36
Roofs repaired	340
Gutters repaired or renewed	34
Rainwater pipes repaired or renewed	40
Ventilation under floors provided or improved	18
Water service pipes repaired	46
Window sills repaired	27
Cleanliness :
Dirty rooms, etc., cleansed	499
Verminous rooms disinfected	106
Miscellaneous :
Houses with defective floors, joists, etc., repaired	121
Houses with defective plaster repaired	240
Houses with new sash lines provided to windows	40
Houses with window frames, etc., repaired	81
Houses with yards, or forecourts paved or repaired	17
Houses with scullery paving repaired	2
Houses with chimneys repaired	46
Houses with air bricks renewed	11
Houses with stairs repaired	9
Houses with front and back steps repaired	21
Houses with fireplace jambs and mantels repaired	11
Houses with brickwork repaired	38
Kitchen stoves repaired or renewed	31
Scullery coppers, repaired or renewed	1
Other stoves repaired or renewed	66
Doors repaired or renewed	34
Ventilation and lighting of rooms improved	6
New dustbins provided	52
Premises with miscellaneous defects repaired, etc.	24
Animals removed	5
Wasps nests destroyed	4
Accumulations removed	19
Smoke nuisances abated	1