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Enfield 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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Messrs. Fred Wilson and T. M. Boswell, the Assistant Sanitary
Inspectors, who hold the Certificates of the Royal Sanitary Institute
for Inspectors of Meat and Foods, visit the slaughter-houses, of
which there are 12 in the District, every week, and, as will be seen
by a reference to the Sanitary Inspector's Report, they paid 686
such visits, examined 1,974 carcases, and secured the surrender of
47 parcels of diseased organs, etc.
The sanitary condition of the slaughterhouses is, on the whole,
satisfactory.
BAKEHOUSES.
I visited the 55 bakehouses in the district, of which 37 are in
use, the other 18 being empty or used for other purposes, and found
them all in a satisfactory condition.
HOUSING.
The Regulations issued by the Local Government Board,
under Section 17 (i) Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1908, are
receiving close attention.
The following are the particulars required by Article 5 of these Regulations to be included in my Report:—
| Number of dwelling-houses inspected | 0 |
| Number of houses considered on inspection to be in a condition so dangerous as to be unfit for human habitation | 0 |
| Number of houses closed and demolished without orders | 0 |
| Number of houses closed | 0 |
| Number of houses closed and demolished following Closing Orders | 0 |
| Number of representations made to the Local Authority with a view to the making of Closing Orders | 0 |
| Number of Closing Orders made | 0 |
| *Number of houses where defects were remedied without service of Closing Orders | 0 |
| Number of Houses which, after making of Closing Orders, were put in a fit state | 0 |
*This inquiry appears to refer to dwellings which, on inspection, were
found to be unfit for human habitation, and although defects were found at some
of the houses inspected, they were not such as to require the issue of Closing
Orders.