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15
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR
for the year 1961
Town Hall,
Anerley Road, S.E.20.
10th August, 1962.
To the Chairman and Members of the Urban District Council of Penge.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I desire to present my Annual Report for the year ended 31st December,
1961, in which is set out the work of the Public Health Inspectors.
Slum Clearance has again occupied a prominent place in the work of the
Department during the year.
The work in connection with the Clean Air Act, 1956, has continued; a
survey of the proposed second smokeless zone was commenced during the year.
Complaints, excluding those dealing with mice and rat infestation, numbered
502, and the majority were of housing defects and nuisances.
All complaints were investigated and appropriate action taken where
necessary.
SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS AND VISITS
Inspection through complaints received 502
Housing Act 323
Overcrowding and measurement of rooms 14
Infectious diseases 45
Common lodging houses 32
Bakehouses 69
Dairies and Milk Distributors 137
Meat shops 268
Fish frying shops 12
Ice-cream shops 96
Cafes and restaurants 346
Food factories 288
Other food shops, stores and stalls 615
Public conveniences 67
Factories 215
Rats and mice 2,100
Outworkers 62
Schools 9
Rent Act, 1957 60
Keeping of animals 33
Drain tests 60
Food sampling 12
Movable dwellings 20
Clean Air Act, 1956 833
Revisits and inspections of work on hand 1,328
Miscellaneous visits 109
Shops Act inspections and patrols 332
Heating Appliances Act 6