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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Inspections.
The following tabular statement gives the number and the nature of the inspections made during the year: —
Complaints | 2,572 |
Infectious disease | 1,082 |
Food Poisoning | 22 |
Tuberculosis | 1 |
House-to-House | 174 |
Factories with mechanical power | 339 |
Factories without mechanical power | 6 |
Factories (other) | 6 |
Outworkers | 42 |
Schools | 8 |
Offensive trades | 5 |
Shops and Stalls | 139 |
Shops Act (Primary) | 10 |
Shops Act (Re-inspections) | 11 |
Sanitary conveniences and urinals | 201 |
Smoke observations | 64 |
Rat infestation | 314 |
Petroleum | 62 |
General inspections | 738 |
Sundry visits | 1,160 |
Cinemas and Halls | 27 |
Stables | 87 |
Piggeries | 69 |
Gipsies | 136 |
Re-inspections | 8,878 |
Inspection of Places where Food is Prepared. | |
Butchers | 98 |
Fish shops | 51 |
Cafes | 134 |
Dairies and milkshops | 63 |
Slaughterhouses | 20 |
Bakehouses | 29 |
Ice cream shops | 198 |
Number of Notices Served. | |
Preliminary or Informal Notices | 1,954 |
Statutory Notices | 708 |
Defects Remedied. | |
Houses, repaired, cleansed, etc. | 1,579 |
D.W. cisterns repaired, covered | 8 |
Water fittings repaired | 20 |
Water taken off mains | 2 |