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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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NOTICES ISSUED
| Statutory | 160 |
| Informal | 786 |
| Other Notices | 1.732 |
| Total | 2,678 |
Letters re Air Raid Precautions 208
Other Letters sent 7,999
Number of Certificates issued in connection with plans 3
Number of Certificates issued in connection with disinfection
17
Number of Certificates issued in connection with unsound
foods 647
Number of Requisitions for Information dealt with 345
Number of Certificates issued under Rent Restrictions
Act, 1933 6
Result of Service of Statutory and Informal Notices: —
| Statutory. | Informal | |
|---|---|---|
| Number complied with | 104 | 591 |
| Number outstanding | 56 | 195 |
| 160 | 786 |
TOTAL INSPECTIONS
Thirty-two visits were paid in respect of children excluded from
elementary schools during the year, and the total number of inspections
and visits for all purposes made by the Sanitary Inspectors
was 14,550.
This figure shows a considerable increase over last year's
figure, and is appreciably due to the fact that the Department had
a full complement of Sanitary Inspectors throughout the year.
DISINFECTION
Number of houses disinfected after infectious disease
and verminous cases 380
Number of articles of clothing, bedding, etc., disinfected 6,102
Number of Library books disinfected 158
It will be seen that there is a considerable decrease in the
number of articles of clothing, bedding, etc., disinfected during the
year. This is accounted for by the cessation of hostilities; all Civil
Defence and Fire Guard activities and schemes were cancelled, and
there was no necessity for bedding, etc., used in connection therewith
to be regularly disinfected as had been the case throughout the
period of the war.