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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 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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28
SANITARY INSPECTOR'S REPORT
The following report, in condensed form, gives details of the
work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1950.
The total number of inspections made during the year for all
purposes was 23,895.

Table: The following table shows the number of inspections carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year.

The following table shows the number of inspections carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year.

No. of Inspections
Housing Act, 19364
On account of Infectious Disease167
On account of Tuberculosis102
„ „ Complaint or othenvise13,933
„ „ Vermin304
Rag Flock Acts2
Public Conveniences150
Ice-Cream Shops354
Schools18
Cinemas, Halls, etc.39
Public Houses-
Fair-grounds1
Hairdressers14
Milkshops and Dairies174
Food Preparing Premises879
Food Hawkers' Stands31
Food Hawkers (Storage)36
Bakehouses84
Outworkers' Premises172
Factories58
Smoke Observations11
Visits re Infectious Diseases341
Tuberculosis130
Housing Act, 1936 (Sec. 62)—Permitted Numbers895
Shops Acts3,020
Gipsy Vans18
Rats2,224
Overcrowding11
Piggeries29
Stables12
Well Water Supplies4
Wasps, Beetles, etc.52
Other Visits626
23,895