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Enfield 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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NOTICES ISSUED
Public Health Act: Statutory (Insanitary Conditions) 100
Do. Informal ( Do. ) 492
Do. Infectious Diseases 933
Housing Act: Informal (Insanitary Conditions) 1
Food and Drugs Act and \ Informal 116
Food Hygiene Regulations.
1,642
Number of Requisitions for Information dealt with 2,824
Result of Service of Statutory and Informal Notices:—
Statutory. Informal.
Number complied with 116 396
Number outstanding 46 253
162 649
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 180
Number of articles of clothing, bedding, etc., disinfected 1,274
Number of Library books disinfected 181
Number of articles of clothing, bedding, etc., destroyed 118
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS
ACT, 1951.
As two firms with premises previously registered under the
Act have now ceased business and one new registration was effected
during the year, the total number of premises registered in Enfield
is now four.