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Enfield 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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STATEMENT PREPARED BY SANITARY INSPECTOR UNDER
ARTICLE XIX. (12), MINISTRY OF HEALTH ORDER No 276,
1922.
Number of Houses Inspected.
Inspections.
Under Regulations, Section 17, Housing, Town
Planning Act, 1909 0
From House-to-House apart from this Act 349
On Account of Infectious Disease 464
On Account of Phthisis 126
On Account of Complaint by occupant or otherwise 1,054
1,993
77 Factories 154
126 Workshops and workplaces, including 2 laundries 90
Outworkers' premises inspected 27
56 Bakehouses, of which 38 are in use 144
18 Slaughter-houses, of which 10 are in use 1,449
28 Cowsheds inspected frequently 335
31 Dairies and Milkshops inspected frequently 234
22 Schools 117
Public-house urinals inspected 38
Conveniences at Railway Stations inspected 4
Fish Shops: Total number of visits 98
Coffee and Eating Houses: Total number of visits 18
Shops where ice cream is made: Total number of
inspections 48
Meat Shops : total number of inspections 255
Meat Stalls in Markets : total number of inspections 677
3,688
Visits to absentees excluded from Elementary
Schools 689
Visits in connection with cases of Infectious Disease 3,395
Visits in connection with Phthisis 1,470
Offensive Trades (excluding Fish Shops) 12
Smoke observations 46
Other inspections, including works in progress 8,482
Petroleum Stores inspected 75
Visits re Shops Act 145
Cinemas, etc., inspections 31
Visits and inspections re Rats 22
Visits re Meat Regulations 117
14,484
20,165