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 Edmonton]
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The following tabular statement gives the number and nature of the inspections made during the year:-
Complaints | 1,370 |
Infectious disease | 271 |
Tuberculosis | 366 |
Factories with mechanical power | 153 |
Factories without „ „ | 15 |
Other premises under the Factories Act | 2 |
Outworkers | 309 |
Schools | 9 |
Offensive trades | 5 |
Shops and stalls | 193 |
Shops Act (primary) | 4 |
Shops Act (re-inspections) | 1 |
Sanitary conveniences and urinals | 462 |
Stables | 2 |
Piggeries | 8 |
Petroleum | 29 |
General inspections | 207 |
Sundry visits | 1,072 |
Cinemas and halls | 6 |
Visits to canal | 8 |
A. R. P. shelters | 452 |
Billets | 2,419 |
Re-inspections | 2,349 |
INSPECTIONS OF PLACES WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED | |
Butchers | 151 |
Fish shops | 22 |
Coffee shops | 25 |
Ice cream shops | 9 |
Dairies and. milkshops | 105 |
Slaughterhouses | 6 |
Bakehouses | 16 |
NUMBER OF NOTICES SERVED | |
Preliminary or Informal notices | 647 |
Statutory notices | 230 |
DEFECTS REMEDIED | |
Houses repaired, cleansed, etc. | 180 |
D. W. cisterns repaired, covered | 5 |
Water fittings repaired | 61 |
Drains examined, tested, etc. | 322 |
Drains cleared, trapped, repaired | 242 |
Drains reconstructed | 74 |
Chambers inserted | 30 |
Chambers sealed down | 13 |
Soil and vent pipes repaired | 19 |
W. C's repaired, cleansed, etc. | 144 |
Flushing cisterns repaired | 70 |
Waste pipes repaired, etc. | 24 |
Sinks repaired or renewed | 11 |
Roofs repaired | 164 |
Gutters and R. W. P's repaired | 129 |
Yards paved or repaved | 33 |
Scullery floors repaired | 12 |
Spaces under floors ventilated | 21 |
Dampness remedied | 19 |
Floors repaired | 45 |
Coppers and stoves repaired, etc. | 66 |
New dustbins supplied | 72 |
Accumulation of refuse removed | 9 |
Nuisances from animals abated | 2 |
Other nuisances abated | 159 |