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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 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: INSPECTIONSThe 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:-

DWELLING HOUSES
Included in Clearance Areas439
Individual Unfit (Sec. 16)24
Unfit but capable of repair (Sec. 9)21
Closing Orders18
Overcrowding/Permitted Numbers76
Houses Let-in-Lodgings18
Standard or Improvement Grants834
Rent Act Applications64
Complaints and Nuisances3,305
Drainage1,260
Water Closets149
Yard Paving5
Water Supply88
Dustbins20
Infectious Diseases and Food Poisoning245
Filth or Vermin123
Well-Maintained Property53
House Purchase14
Mortgage Enquiry13
FOOD PREMISES
Bakehouses25
Bakers shops43
Butchers Shops and Meat Preparation Premises52
Canteens and Catering Premises203
Fishmongers9
Fried Fish Shops25
Fruiterers and Greengrocers29
Grocers and General Dealers107
Market Food Vehicles and Hawkers233
Public Houses and Clubs32
Other Food Premises56
Meat Inspection and Slaughterhouses6
Other Food Inspection148
Dairies and Milk Distributors14
Ice Cream and Ice Lolly Samples26
Milk Samples4
Other Food Samples-
Surrendered Food8
FACTORIES
Factories with Mechanical Power87
Factories without Mechanical Power18
Other Premises/Construction Work67