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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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36
Other Letters sent 2,098
Number of Certificates issued in connection with plans Nil
Number of Certificates issued in connection with disinfection
42
Number of Certificates issued in connection with unsound
foods 618
Number of Requisitions for Information dealt with 2,363
Number of Certificates of Disrepair issued under Housing
Repairs and Rents Act, 1954 and Rent Act, 1957 41
Number of Revocations of Certificates of Disrepair issued
under Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954 2
Result of Service of Statutory and Informal Notices:—
| Statutory. | Informal. | |
|---|---|---|
| Number complied with | 26 | 404 |
| Number outstanding | 48 | 128 |
| 74 | 532 |
INTERVIEWS
A considerable amount of the time of the staff of the Health
Department is taken up in interviewing members of the public
who call at the offices for advice on matters concerning health
and complaints as to the condition of their houses.
DISINFECTION
Number of houses disinfected after infectious disease and
verminous cases 262
Number of articles of clothing, bedding, etc., disinfected 2,198
Number of Library books disinfected 288
Number of articles of clothing, bedding, etc., destroyed 86