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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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| Stoves repaired or renewed | 68 |
| Windows repaired or renewed | 145 |
| Gipsy vans removed | 27 |
| Overcrowding abated | 1 |
| Miscellaneous | 109 |
| Wasps Nests destroyed | 144 |
| Houses demolished | Nil |
| Statutory (Insanitary Conditions) | 171 | ||
| Informal ( Do.) | 865 | ||
| Other Notices (Infectious Diseases) | 3,173 | ||
| 4,209 | |||
| Other Letters sent | 2,701 | ||
| Number of Certificates issued in connection with plans | Nil | ||
| Number of Certificates issued in connection with disinfection | 3 | ||
| Number of Certificates issued in connection with unsound foods | 755 | ||
| Number of Requisitions for Information dealt with | 2,038 | ||
| Number of Certificates issued under Rent Restrictions Acts, 1920 to 1939 | 2 | ||
| Result of Service of Statutory and Informal Notices:— | |||
| Statutory. | Informal. | ||
| Number complied with | 121 | 642 | |
| Number outstanding | 50 | 223 | |
| 171 | 865 | ||
TOTAL INSPECTIONS
One-thousand-eight-hundred-and-thirteen visits were paid in
respect of infectious diseases during the year, and the total number
of inspections and visits for all purposes made by the Sanitary
Inspectors was 30,604.
The Inspector appointed to carry out the requirements of Section 58 of the Housing Act, 1936, and the provisions of the Shops Acts, 1912 to 1936, made the following number of visits during the year :—
| Housing Act, 1936 | 236 |
| Shops Acts, 1912-1936 | 3,354 |
| Total | 3,590 |