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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 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: The following tabular statement gives the number and the nature of a the inspections made by the Inspectors during the year:—

The following tabular statement gives the number and the nature of a the inspections made by the Inspectors during the year:—

Complaints911
Infectious Disease299
House-to-House325
Factories142
Workshops58
Outworkers28
Schools147
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops116
Offensive Trades71
Shops and Stalls177
Common Lodging House47
Sanitary Conveniences, Urinals, etc.308
Stables33
Piggeries38
Gipsies225
Petroleum135
General Inspections536
Re-inspections7222
Sundry visits1537
Inspections of places where Food is prepared:—
Butchers288
Fish Shops25
Coffee Shops7
Ice Cream Shops32
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops116
Slaughterhouses268
Bakehouses84
The number of notices served were:—
Preliminary or informal Notices1478
Statutory Notices717
The work carried out as the result of these notices:—
Houses or parts of Houses repaired or cleansed731
Drinking water cisterns covered, cleansed or repaired35