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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Food Inspections | 222 |
Movable Dwellings | 386 |
Rats | 611 |
Piggeries | 32 |
Stables | 9 |
Well and Mains Water Supplies | 19 |
Swimming Pools | 16 |
Ice-Cream supplies | 32 |
Paddling Pools in Parks | 19 |
Atmospheric Pollution | 135 |
Fireguard Regulations, 1954 | 5 |
Wasps' Nests | 3 |
Pet Animals Act, 1951 | 14 |
Cesspools | 96 |
Other Visits | 398 |
18,865 |
Rats | 4,190 |
Wasps, Beetles, etc. | 92 |
23,147 |
Samples taken—Water—Wells 5
Mains 14
Swimming Baths 4
Parks Lakes, etc. 2
Ice-Cream 16
Eggs 6
Miscellaneous Foodstuffs 16
The following list of repairs executed during the course of the year shows that the defects found as the result of the Public Health Inspectors' visits were varied and general in character.
Houses or parts of houses cleansed, repaired, etc. | 251 |
Roofs repaired | 261 |
Gutters and downpipes repaired | 144 |
Dampness remedied | 167 |
Floors repaired | 78 |
Yards paved or made good | 17 |
Dustbins provided or renewed | 42 |
Food stores provided | 1 |
Improvements effected in Food premises | 889 |