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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
Edmonton 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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| Common Lodging-house | 51 |
| Sanitary Conveniences, Urinals, etc. | 674 |
| Stables | 35 |
| Piggeries | 79 |
| Gipsies | 130 |
| Petroleum | 197 |
| General Inspections | 460 |
| Re-inspections | 6,285 |
| Sundry Visits | 1,975 |
| Cinemas and Halls | 25 |
| Visits to Canal | 28 |
| Inspections of places where Food is prepared :— | |
| Butchers | 179 |
| Fish Shops | 28 |
| Coffee Shops | 8 |
| Ice Cream Shops | 98 |
| Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops | 108 |
| Slaughter-houses | 256 |
| Bakehouses | 72 |
| The number of notices served were :— | |
| Preliminary or Informal Notices | 1,637 |
| Statutory Notices | 484 |
| The work carried out as the result of these Notices :— | |
| Houses or parts of Houses repaired or cleansed | 737 |
| Drinking water cisterns covered, cleansed or repaired | 25 |
| Water fittings repaired | 50 |
| Water taken from main | 2 |
| Drains examined, tested or exposed | 298 |
| Drains cleared, trapped or repaired | 343 |
| Drains reconstructed | 9 |
| Chambers inserted | 12 |
| Chambers sealed down | 31 |
| Soil and ventilation pipes renewed or repaired | 38 |
| Water closets repaired, cleansed or improved | 222 |
| Flushing cisterns repaired | 212 |