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
Edmonton 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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Mortuary.
The use of the Council's Mortuary for the reception of bodies was discontinued
after 31st March, 1953, and by arrangement with the North East
Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board, on and after 1st April, 1953, all bodies
which would normally have been received at the Council's Mortuary are
received at the Prince of Wales's Hospital. Tottenham, Mortuary.
The following tabular statement gives the number and the nature of the inspections made during the year:—
| Complaints | 1,661 |
| Infectious Diseases | 196 |
| Food Poisoning | 13 |
| House-to-house | 533 |
| Flooding—Primary Visits | 815 |
| Revisits | 497 |
| Factories with mechanical power | 443 |
| Factories without mechanical power | 51 |
| Housing Rents and Repairs Act, 1954 | 140 |
| Housing Act, 1949, Improvement Grants | 38 |
| Factories (other) | 1 |
| Outworkers | 9 |
| Schools | 17 |
| Offensive trades | – |
| Shops and Stalls | 154 |
| Shops Act | — |
| Pets Act | 13 |
| Sanitary conveniences and urinals | 244 |
| Smoke observations | 874 |
| Rat infestation | 275 |
| Petroleum | 336 |
| General inspections | 315 |
| Sundry visits | 1,953 |
| Cinemas and Halls | 19 |
| Stables and Piggeries | 55 |
| Moveable Dwellings | 29 |
| Sampling Water | 13 |
| Sampling Ice Cream | 9 |
| Sampling Milk | — |
| Sampling Rag Flock | 12 |
| Re-inspections | 4,957 |
| Butchers | 138 |
| Fish shops | 67 |
| Cafes and Restaurants | 81 |
| Dairies and milkshops | 35 |
| Slaughterhouses | 9 |