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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 1960

[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:-

Table: DWELLING HOUSES

DWELLING HOUSES

Included in Clearance Areas561
Individual Unfit (Sec. 16)8
Unfit but capable of repair (Sec.9)12
Closing Orders7
Overcrowding/Permitted Numbers32
Houses Let-in-Lodgings12
Standard or Improvement Grants646
Rent Act Applications130
Complaints and Nuisances3,759
Drainage1,203
Water Closets192
Yard Paving6
Water Supply24
Dustbins89
Infectious Diseases & Food Poisoning504
Filth or Vermin127

Table: FOOD PREMISES

FOOD PREMISES

Bakehouses40
Bakers Shops37
Butchers Shops and Meat Preparation Premises195
Canteens & Catering Premises159
Fishmongers47
Fried Fish Shops22
Fruiterers & Greengrocers35
Grocers & General Dealers180
Market Food Vehicles & Hawkers164
Public Houses and Clubs61
Other Food Premises102
Meat Inspection & Slaughterhouses9
Other Food Inspection62
Dairies & Milk Distributors26
Ice Cream & Ice Lolly Samples78
Milk Samples35
Other Food Samples5

Table: FACTORIES

FACTORIES

Factories with Mechanical Power265
Factories without Mechanical Power-
Other Premises/Construction Work22

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