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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
Edmonton 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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The Work of the Sanitary Inspectors,
Male and Female, during 1919.
Inspections.
Number of Premises Inspected on Complaint 678
Number of Premises Inspected in connection with Infectious
Diseases 715
Number of Premises under Periodical Inspection 178
Houses Inspected from House-to-House (H. and T.P. Act. 1909,
Section 17) 277
Total Number of Inspections and Re-inspections made 10251
Action taken under H. and T.P. Act, 1909 Nil
Action Taken (other than under H. and T.P. Act):—
Cautionary or Intimation Notices Given 2789
Statutory Orders Issued 1419
Summonses Served 1
Convictions Obtained 1
Houses Let in Lodgings (Tenement Houses):—
Number Registered under By-Laws 7
Number of Contraventions 2
Common Lodging Houses:—
Number registered under By-Laws 1
Accommodation—Male 24
Number of Inspections Made 62
Number of Contraventions Nil.
Canal Boats used as Dwellings:—
Number registered under the Acts—Not a Registration Authority.
Number of Contraventions of Regulations 2
Movable Dwellings, Caravans, Tents, etc.:—
Number Observed during the year 129
Number of Nuisances therefrom Abated 9
Number Removed from District 93
Bakehouses:—
Number in District 28
Contraventions of Factory Acts 3