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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 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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INSPECTIONS

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

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

Complaints1,683
Infectious Disease325
Food Poisoning75
House-to-House339
Atmospheric Pollution150
Smoke Control Areas340
Factories with mechanical power292
Factories without mechanical power5
Rents Act, 1957839
Housing Act 1949, Improvement Grants37
Factories (other)4
Outworkers6
Schools7
Offensive Trades18
Shops and Stalls70
Shops Act-
Pets Act17
Sanitary conveniences and urinals331
Smoke observations835
Rat infestation221
Petroleum334
General Inspections473
Sundry Visits2,024
Cinemas and Halls37
Stables and Piggeries34
Movable Dwellings46
Sampling Water3
Sampling Ice Cream-
Sampling Milk-
Rag Flock Premises9
Sampling Rag Flock10
Re-inspections4,178

Table: INSPECTION OF PLACES WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED

INSPECTION OF PLACES WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED

Butchers68
Fish Shops46
Cafes and Restaurants96
Dairies and Milkshops38
Slaughterhouses7
Bakehouses (Factory)34
Bakehouses (Workshops)-
Ice Cream Shops50
Canteens49
Other food premises189
Sampling other food-