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no nuisance existed at the time of inspection. 3,299 re-inspections
were made, making a total for the year of 6,883 inspections.
The slaughter-houses, bake-houses, cowsheds, and dairies, the
common lodging-house and the registered houses let in lodgings, situated
in the Borough, were all inspected during the year.
FOOD INSPECTION.
The amount of unwholesome food seized in Stoke Newington
is very small, even when regard is had to the size of the Borough.
On the other hand, a not inconsiderable amount of unwholesome
food has been surrendered for destruction during the year, the
particulars of which are shown in the Report of the Chief Sanitary
Inspector. It is to be hoped that in the future all obviously unsound
food will be thus surrendered.
During the year many systematic efforts were made to detect
the sale of diseased meat within the Borough, and I am glad to say
that, with few exceptions, our inspections have not called for any
seizures.
STABLE MANURE.
In recent years there has been a constant decrease in the amount
of stable manure in London owing to the displacement of horse
by motor traffic. Nuisance from this source is, therefore, very
much less than formerly, a fact which is also partly due to the
enforcement of the regulations requiring periodical removal.
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
In the Borough of Stoke Newington, more especially in the
Southern Division, there is a considerable number of houses let in
lodgings under circumstances and conditions which render it desirable,
in the interest of public health, that they should be registered
and inspected at frequent intervals.