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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NOTICES ISSUED
Public Health Act: Statutory (Insanitary Conditions) 97
Do. Informal ( Do. ) 367
Do. Infectious Diseases 618
Housing Act: Informal 3
Do. Formal 10
Food and Drugs Act and Informal 67
Food Hygiene Regulations.
Clean Air Act: Informal 1
Do. Formal 51
1,214
Number of Requisitions for Information dealt with 2,696
Result of Service of Statutory and Informal Notices :—
Statutory. Informal.
Number complied with 136 445
Number outstanding 56 252
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 70
Number of articles of clothing, bedding, etc., disinfected 557
Number of Library books disinfected 331
Number of articles of clothing, bedding, etc., destroyed 13
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.