Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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Public Convenience.
A new convenience at the junction of Church Street and the
Cambridge arterial road was opened on April 4th.
Provision is being made to have another one at Weir Hall, and it is
hoped that it will be possible to provide a third in the vicinity of Tramway
Avenue in the northern part of the district.
Fouling of Footpaths by Dogs.
This is a nuisance which has increased largely of late, due to the
large number of greyhounds kept by folk living in the area. The highly
nitrogenised diet which these dogs have creates a most abominable state
of affairs, and a suitable bye-law to deal with the nuisance is urgently
required.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACTS.
The following work has been carried out under these Acts:—
Premises | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 149 | 5 | .. |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 53 | i | .. |
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' Premises) | .. | .. | •• |
Totals | 202 | 6 | •• |
Particulars | Number of Defects | No. of Prosecutions | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts— | |||||
Want of cleanliness | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | |
Want of vantilation | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | |
Overcrowding | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Want of drainage of floors | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Nuisances | 13 | 14 | .. | .. | |
Sanitary Accommodation | Insufficient | 2 | 3 | .. | .. |
Unsuitable or defective | 26 | 26 | .. | .. | |
Not separate for sexes | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Offences under the F. & W. Acts— | |||||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Offences | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Total | 49 | 51 | .. | .. |