Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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TABLE 43
INSPECTIONS AND COMPLAINTS
Inspections, Interviews and Visits of the Public Health Inspectorate
Animal Welfare | 31 |
Bacteriological Samples | 647 |
Betting and Gaming, Licensing Acts, Employment Agencies | 161 |
Caravans | 329 |
Clean Air Act | 13,543 |
Drainage Works | 1,195 |
Explosives Act | 373 |
Factories and Workplaces | 439 |
Food and Drugs | 1,321 |
Food Premises | 2,422 |
Hawkers, Vehicles and Stores | 1,305 |
Housing and Public Health Acts — Initial Inspections | 8,911 |
Housing and Public Health Acts — Other Inspections | 3,671 |
Houses in Multiple Occupation | 315 |
Infectious Diseases | 1,004 |
Interviews | 916 |
Milk Distributors and Dairymen | 345 |
Noise Nuisances | 392 |
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act | 4,426 |
Pharmacy and Poisons | 358 |
Rodent Control | 1,023 |
Shops Act | 2,754 |
Miscellaneous | 2,016 |
47,897 |
TABLE 44
INSPECTIONS AND COMPLAINTS
Summary of Complaints and Requests for Visits Received
Accumulation of Refuse | 57 |
Bees | 30 |
Blocked or Defective Drains | 1,300 |
Bonfires | 42 |
Dampness in Premises | 257 |
Defective Water Closets | 199 |
Defective Water Fittings | 32 |
Defective Roofs | 136 |
Improvement Grants | 86 |
Insanitary or Defective Condition of Premises | 192 |
Insect Infestations | 97 |
Noise Nuisance | 76 |
Pigeons | 22 |
Rats or Mice | 1,630 |
Scabies | 23 |
Smoke Nuisance (Including Clean Air Act inquiries) | 293 |
Squirrels | 18 |
Unsatisfactory Housing Conditions Including Overcrowding | 16 |
Unsound Food | 85 |
Verminous Premises | 36 |
Wasps | 230 |
Miscellaneous | 430 |
5,287 |