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
Enfield 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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| Closets repaired, covered, cleansed, etc. | 251 |
| Storage cisterns repaired, covered, cleansed, etc. | 71 |
| Water laid on or restored | 12 |
| Samples of water taken | 1 |
| Yards paved, or existing paving made good | 139 |
| Ventilation provided under ground floors, causes of dampness removed, etc. | 227 |
| Dustbins repaired, or new ones provided | 357 |
| Manure heaps removed | 110 |
| Fowls and other animals removed | 6 |
| Other nuisances abated | 14 |
| Ditches cleaned out | — |
| Cases of overcrowding | 13 |
DISINFECTION. Houses disinfected :—
| After infectious disease | 240 | |
| After Phthisis | 69 | |
| After Verminous cases | 4 | |
| Rooms stripped and re-papered, etc., after occupa tion by cases of infectious disease | 34 | |
| Ditto, ditto, by cases of Phthisis | 26 | |
| Articles of clothing, bedding, etc., disinfected | 3,483 | |
| Ditto, ditto, destroyed | 4 | |
| 3,860 | ||
| Library Books disinfected | 62 | |
| Cases of Scarlet Fever removed to Hospital | 128 | |
| Cases of Diphtheria removed to Hospital | 83 | |
| Cases of Enteric Fever removed to Hospital | 17 | |
| — | 228 | |
| Private patients removed to Hospital and Infirmary | 15 | |
| Gipsy vans removed from the district | 21 | |
| Articles or parcels of unsound food destroyed | 20 |
We have been able to inspect a large number of dwellings
from house to house, a good number of these inspections being
made at the commencement of the summer, when the opportunity
was taken advantage of to impress upon occupiers the precautions
necessary to keep their dwellings free from flies.