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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :— Want of Cleanliness | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Want of Ventilation | — | — | - | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | — | — | — | — |
| Other Nuisances | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Sanitary Accommodation:— Insufficient | 7 | 7 | - | - |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 12 | 12 | — | - |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | - |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshops Acts:— Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse | - | - | - | - |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses | - | - | - | - |
| Other Offences | 2 | 2 | — | - |
| Total | 28 | 28 | — | - |
Homework.
| Nature of Work. | Lists received from Employers | Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending Lists. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sending once in the year. | Sending twice in the year. | ||||
| Lists. | Workmen. | Lists. | Workmen. | ||
| Making Wearing Apparel | 9 | 19 | 18 | 28 | 8 |
| Boot-making | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Brushes | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cardboard Boxes | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 15 | 25 | 20 | 30 | 8 |
Five addresses of outworkers have been forwarded to other
districts.