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prospect of success. For the past year every death from Cancer in
the Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington has been investigated.
A visit has been paid to the premises on which the death occurred, an
enquiry form has been filled in, and a careful inspection has been
made of the premises and surroundings. Such enquiries confined to
small areas are however of very limited value and do not warrant
definite conclusions. We want the facts with reference to the distribution
of Cancer collected from as broad a survey as that comprised
in the admirable report of Dr. Parsons on Epidemic Influenza.
Our information must even go far beyond that which can be
collected in Great Britain and Ireland. It is only by such extended
observations that we have learned many of the most important facts
with reference to other diseases.
NOTES UPON SANITARY WORK PERFORMED
DURING THE YEAR.
It will be seen from the accompanying Report of the Sanitary
Inspectors that a large amount of sanitary work has been performed
during the year. 2576 premises were inspected for conditions
injurious or dangerous to health, and insanitary conditions varyiDg
in their nature from slight to very grave, were discovered in a large
number of instances. 821 Intimation Notices, followed in 20 cases
by Statutory Notices, were complied with.
Of this number only 182 inspections were made as the result of
complaints by householders and others, and this circumstance will
serve to accentuate the importance of prosecuting a fairly constant
system of house-to-house inspection in at least the poorer parts of the
Borough. It is difficult to over-estimate the value such a measure
has in preventing the origin and spread of preventable sickness.
The Slaughter-houses, bake-houses, cowsheds and dairies situated in
the Borough were all duly inspected throughout the year.