Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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19
Food Hawkers (Storage) 39
Bakehouses 39
Outworkers' Premises 125
Factories 202
Smoke Observations 21
Visits re Infectious Diseases 129
Tuberculosis 63
Housing Act, 1936 (Sec. 62)—Permitted Numbers 4,725
Shops Acts 1,645
Gipsy Vans 22
Rats 1,009
Overcrowding 18
Scabies 2
Piggeries 19
Stables 15
Well Water Supplies 81
Wasps, Beetles, etc. 41
Other Visits 420
23,420
Samples taken—Water—Wells 9
Swimming Baths 23
Milk 12
Ice-Cream 177
Rag Flock 5
The following list of repairs executed during the course of the
year shows that the defects found as the result of the Sanitary
Inspectors' visits were varied and general in character.
Houses or parts of houses cleansed, repaired, etc. 822
Roofs repaired 649
Gutters and downpipes repaired 381
Downpipes disconnected from drains 6
Dampness remedied 256
Ventilation provided under floors 16
Floors repaired 160
Yards paved or made good 35
Rooms stripped, etc., after infectious disease 2
Dustbins provided or renewed 132
Food stores provided 1
Drains—Examined 222
Tested—Smoke 30
Water 33
Reconstructed 33
Repaired, etc. 170