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 Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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61
INTIMATION NOTICES SERVED.
(Sec. 3, Public Health Act, 1891.)
After house-to-house inspection 558
After inspection on complaint 224
After infectious cases 64
On owners of stables and mews 7
On owners of milkshops, dairies and cowsheds 3
On owners of bakehouses 4
On owners of factories and workshops 83
After sundry other inspections 121
1064
STATUTORY NOTICES SERVED.
Thirty statutory notices were authorised by your Committee to
be served under Sec. 4, Public Health Act, 1891.
NUISANCES ABATED AND SANITARY DEFECTS
REMEDIED.
Dirty houses, &c., cleansed and whitewashed 143
Dampness to houses remedied 96
Dilapidated ceilings, stairs, &c., repaired 47
Obsolete bell-traps and small dip traps removed and substituted
by syphon gulleys 70
Foul traps and pans of w.c.'s cleansed or new ones substituted
Public-house urinals cleansed
159
Flushing arrangements provided to w.c. s which previously had
no water supply, and w.c.'s with deficient water supplies
improved 128
Defective w.c.'s removed and replaced with w.c.'s of modern
construction 173
Stopped or choked w.c.'s cleared 12
External ventilation to w.c.'s improved 12
W.c.'s removed to more sanitary positions 6
Carried forward 846