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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 1957
[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 1630
Infectious Disease 253
Pood Poisoning 24
House-to-House 214
Atmospheric Pollution 36
Smoke Control Areas 1496
Factories with mechanical power 353
Factories without mechanical power 9
Rents Act, 1957 259
Housing Act, 1949, Improvement Grants 35
Factories (other) 3
Outworkers 2
Schools 10
Offensive Trades -
Shops and Stalls 129
Shops Act -
Pets Act 16
Sanitary conveniences and urinals 258
Smoke observations 1050
Rat infestation 284
Petroleum 278
General Inspections 385
Sundry Visits 1360
Cinemas and Halls 35
Stables and Piggeries 34
Movable Dwellings 19
Sampling Water -
Sampling Ice Cream -
Sampling Milk -
Sampling Rag Flock 12
Re-inspections 4000
INSPECTION OF PLACES WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED
Butchers 137
Fish Shops 78
Cafes and Restaurants 87
Dairies and Milkshops 29
Slaughterhouses 9
Bakehouses (Factory) 43
Bakehouses (Workshops) -
Ice Cream Shops 98
Canteens 59
Other food premises 183
Sampling other food -
DEFECTS REMEDIED
Roofs repaired 408
Gutters and rainwater pipes repaired 309
Brickwork or pointing repaired 127
Chimney stacks, etc., repaired or rebuilt 42
Yards or forecourts repaved or repaired 62
Drains examined, tested or exposed 642
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