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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

Edmonton 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: The following tabular statement gives the number and nature of the inspections made during the year:-

The following tabular statement gives the number and nature of the inspections made during the year:-

Complaints1,370
Infectious disease271
Tuberculosis366
Factories with mechanical power153
Factories without „ „15
Other premises under the Factories Act2
Outworkers309
Schools9
Offensive trades5
Shops and stalls193
Shops Act (primary)4
Shops Act (re-inspections)1
Sanitary conveniences and urinals462
Stables2
Piggeries8
Petroleum29
General inspections207
Sundry visits1,072
Cinemas and halls6
Visits to canal8
A. R. P. shelters452
Billets2,419
Re-inspections2,349
INSPECTIONS OF PLACES WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED
Butchers151
Fish shops22
Coffee shops25
Ice cream shops9
Dairies and. milkshops105
Slaughterhouses6
Bakehouses16
NUMBER OF NOTICES SERVED
Preliminary or Informal notices647
Statutory notices230
DEFECTS REMEDIED
Houses repaired, cleansed, etc.180
D. W. cisterns repaired, covered5
Water fittings repaired61
Drains examined, tested, etc.322
Drains cleared, trapped, repaired242
Drains reconstructed74
Chambers inserted30
Chambers sealed down13
Soil and vent pipes repaired19
W. C's repaired, cleansed, etc.144
Flushing cisterns repaired70
Waste pipes repaired, etc.24
Sinks repaired or renewed11
Roofs repaired164
Gutters and R. W. P's repaired129
Yards paved or repaved33
Scullery floors repaired12
Spaces under floors ventilated21
Dampness remedied19
Floors repaired45
Coppers and stoves repaired, etc.66
New dustbins supplied72
Accumulation of refuse removed9
Nuisances from animals abated2
Other nuisances abated159