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 the nature of a the inspections made by the Inspectors during the year:—
Complaints | 911 |
Infectious Disease | 299 |
House-to-House | 325 |
Factories | 142 |
Workshops | 58 |
Outworkers | 28 |
Schools | 147 |
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops | 116 |
Offensive Trades | 71 |
Shops and Stalls | 177 |
Common Lodging House | 47 |
Sanitary Conveniences, Urinals, etc. | 308 |
Stables | 33 |
Piggeries | 38 |
Gipsies | 225 |
Petroleum | 135 |
General Inspections | 536 |
Re-inspections | 7222 |
Sundry visits | 1537 |
Inspections of places where Food is prepared:— | |
Butchers | 288 |
Fish Shops | 25 |
Coffee Shops | 7 |
Ice Cream Shops | 32 |
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops | 116 |
Slaughterhouses | 268 |
Bakehouses | 84 |
The number of notices served were:— | |
Preliminary or informal Notices | 1478 |
Statutory Notices | 717 |
The work carried out as the result of these notices:— | |
Houses or parts of Houses repaired or cleansed | 731 |
Drinking water cisterns covered, cleansed or repaired | 35 |