London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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| Public Conveniences | 161 |
| Ice-Cream Shops | 141 |
| Schools | 21 |
| Cinemas, Halls, etc. | 26 |
| Fair-grounds | 9 |
| Hairdressers | 24 |
| Milkshops and Dairies | 95 |
| Food Preparing Premises | 956 |
| Food Hawkers' Stands | 23 |
| Food Hawkers (Storage) | 18 |
| Bakehouses | 89 |
| Outworkers' Premises | 2 |
| Factories | 94 |
| Smoke Observations | 180 |
| Public-houses | 2 |
| Visits :— | |
| Infectious Diseases | 220 |
| Tuberculosis | 6 |
| Housing Act, 1936 (Sec. 62)—Permitted Numbers | 30 |
| Slaughterhouse | 978 |
| Shops Act, 1950 | 47 |
| Improvements Grants | 612 |
| Builder's Notices | 22 |
| Food Inspections | 134 |
| Movable Dwellings | 211 |
| Rats | 844 |
| Overcrowding | 20 |
| Piggeries | 49 |
| Stables | 10 |
| Well and Mains Water Supplies | 47 |
| Swimming Pools | 24 |
| Milk supplies | 33 |
| Ice-Cream supplies | 57 |
| Paddling Pools in Parks | 18 |
| Atmospheric Pollution | 70 |
| Fireguard Regulations, 1954 | 5 |
| Other Visits | 275 |
| Wasps' Nests | 3 |
| Pet Animals Act, 1951 | 12 |
| Cesspools | 3 |
| 15,559 | |
| Visits by Rodent Dept. Staff :— | |
| Rats | 5,285 |
| Wasps, Beetles, etc | 125 |
| 20,969 |