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

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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 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]

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Table: SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS AND VISITSThe following summary shows the number of visits and inspections made:—

SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS AND VISITSThe following summary shows the number of visits and inspections made:—

Inspections through complaints received657
Housing Act263
Overcrowding and measurement of rooms10
Infectious diseases74
Houses-let-in-Lodgings and Common lodging houses111
Bakehouses85
Dairies and milk distributors91
Meat shops170
Fish frying shops40
Ice cream shops76
Cafes and restaurants158
Food factories144
Other food shops, stores and stalls605
Public conveniences81
Stables20
Rats and mice350
Factories234
Outworkers51
Schools8
Smoke observation23
Drain tests150
Keeping of animals21
Food and water sampling137
Movable dwellings20
Rag Flock and Pet Animals Acts16
Transferable deaths97
Revisits and inspections of works in hand3,576
Miscellaneous visits251
Shops Act inspections and patrols372
Heating Appliances Act5

Table: SUMMARY OF WORK EXECUTED DURING THE YEAR

SUMMARY OF WORK EXECUTED DURING THE YEAR

Water Supply:—
Water supply reinstated to houses6
Water service pipes repaired19
Cisterns cleansed, covered or covers repaired2
Water Closets:—
New pans and traps fixed15
Flushing apparatus renewed or repaired28
Foul pans and traps cleansed9
Connection of flushing pipes to pans made good3
Seats and doors provided or repaired16
Ventilation provided or improved5
Walls repaired4
Flooring or paving repaired6