London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Enfield 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Stoves repaired or renewed147
Windows repaired or renewed258
Gipsy vans removed27
Overcrowding abated11
Miscellaneous204
Houses demolishedNil

NOTICES ISSUED
Statutory (Insanitary Conditions) 153
Informal ( Do. ) 1,049
Other Notices (Infectious Diseases) 1,770
2,972
Other Letters sent 2,533
Number of Certificates issued in connection with plans Nil
Number of Certificates issued in connection with disinfection
9
Number of Certificates issued in connection with unsound
foods 450
Number of Requisitions for Information dealt with 2,107
Number of Certificates issued under Rent Restrictions
Acts, 1920 to 1939 4
Result of Service of Statutory and Informal Notices:—
Statutory. Informal.
Number complied with 126 778
Number outstanding 27 271
153 1,049
TOTAL INSPECTIONS
Four-hundred-and-seventy-one visits were paid in respect of
infectious diseases during the year, and the total number of inspections
and visits for all purposes made by the Sanitary Inspectors
was 23,895.
The Inspector appointed to carry out the requirements of
Section 58 of the Housing Act, 1936, and the provisions of the
Shops Acts, 1912 to 1936, made the following number of visits
during the year:—
Housing Act, 1936 895
Shops Acts, 1912-1936 3,020
Total 3,915