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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

Enfield 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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29
Cesspools.
The Council has provided suitable vans and pumps, and undertakes
the emptying of cesspools on the application of householders,
a small charge being made for each emptying, and they are all kept
under observation.
STATEMENT PREPARED BY SANITARY INSPECTOR
UNDER ARTICLE XX. (16), LOCAL GOVERNMENT
BOARD'S GENERAL ORDER, 1910.

Table: Number of Houses Inspected.

Number of Houses Inspected.

Inspections.
Under Regulations, Sec. 17, Housing, Town Planning Act, 19090
From House-to-House apart from this Act363
On Account of Infectious Disease344
On Account of Phthisis100
On Account of Complaint by occupant or otherwise1,511
2,318
Inspections.
60 Factories93
76 Workshops and workplaces, including 7 laundries190
20 Outworkers' premises inspected34
55 Bakehouses, of which 37 are in use128
18 Slaughter-houses, of which 13 are in use566
28 Cowsheds inspected frequently423
31 Dairies and Milkshops inspected frequently132
22 Schools149
Public-house urinals inspected273
Conveniences at Railway Stations inspected12
Fish Shops: Total number of visits321
Coffee and Eating Houses: Total number of visits11
Shops where ice-cream is made: Total number of inspections133 2,465