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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 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: Inspections.The following tabular statement gives the number and the nature of the inspections made during the year: —

Inspections.

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

Complaints2,572
Infectious disease1,082
Food Poisoning22
Tuberculosis1
House-to-House174
Factories with mechanical power339
Factories without mechanical power6
Factories (other)6
Outworkers42
Schools8
Offensive trades5
Shops and Stalls139
Shops Act (Primary)10
Shops Act (Re-inspections)11
Sanitary conveniences and urinals201
Smoke observations64
Rat infestation314
Petroleum62
General inspections738
Sundry visits1,160
Cinemas and Halls27
Stables87
Piggeries69
Gipsies136
Re-inspections8,878
Inspection of Places where Food is Prepared.
Butchers98
Fish shops51
Cafes134
Dairies and milkshops63
Slaughterhouses20
Bakehouses29
Ice cream shops198
Number of Notices Served.
Preliminary or Informal Notices1,954
Statutory Notices708
Defects Remedied.
Houses, repaired, cleansed, etc.1,579
D.W. cisterns repaired, covered8
Water fittings repaired20
Water taken off mains2