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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 7 | 7 | — | — |
| Want of Ventilation | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | — | — | — | — |
| Other Nuisances | 9 | 9 | — | — |
| Sanitary Accommodation:— | ||||
| Insufficient | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 28 . | 28 | — | — |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshops Acts:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse | - | - | - | - |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses | 21 | 21 | - | - |
| Other Offences | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| Total | 76 | 76 | — | — |
| Nature of Work. | Lists received from Employers | Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending Lists. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sending once in the year. | Sending twice in the year. | ||||
| Lists. | Workmen. | Lists. | Workmen. | ||
| Making Wearing Apparel | 8 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 47 |
| Boot-making | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — |
| Totals | 10 | 13 | 23 | 23 | 47 |
Three addresses of outworkers have been forwarded to other
districts.