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Enfield 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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NOTICES ISSUED
Public Health Act: Statutory (Insanitary Conditions) 130
Do. Informal ( Do. ) 381
Do. Infectious Diseases 1909
Housing Act: Informal 3
Do. Formal 1
Food and Drugs Act and Informal 85
Food Hygiene Regulations.
Clean Air Act: Informal 5
Do. Formal 1
2,515
Number of Requisitions for Information dealt with 2,480
Result of Service of Statutory and Informal Notices :—
Statutory. Informal.
Number complied with 123 414
Number outstanding 51 259
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 69
Number of articles of clothing, bedding, etc., disinfected 610
Number of Library books disinfected 225
Number of articles of clothing, bedding, etc., destroyed 63
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS
ACT, 1951.
There are four premises in Enfield which are registered under
this Act.
NOISE ABATEMENT ACT, 1960
This Act makes noise or vibration which would amount to a
nuisance at common law a statutory nuisance which can be dealt
with according to the procedure provided in part III of the Public
Health Act, 1936.