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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
Stoke Newington 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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INTIMATION NOTICES SERVED.
(Sec, 3, Public Health Act, 1891.)
| After house-to-house inspection | 341 |
| After inspection on account of complaint | 171 |
| After infectious illness | 83 |
| With reference to stables and mews | 7 |
| ,, milkshops, dairies and cowsheds | 2 |
| ,, ,, bakehouses | 13 |
| ,, „ factories and workshops | 74 |
| After sundry other inspections | 180 |
| 871 |
STATUTORY NOTICES SERVED.
Forty statutory notices were authorised by your Committee
to be served under Sec. 4, Public Health Act, 1891.
NUISANCES ABATED AND SANITARY DEFECTS REMEDIED.
| Dirty premises, cleansed and whitewashed | 138 |
| Dampness in dwellings remedied | 55 |
| Dilapidated ceilings, stairs, &c., repaired | 47 |
| Bell-traps and small dip-traps removed and replaced by stoneware gulleys | 20 |
| Foul traps and pans of w.c.'s cleansed or new ones substituted | 60 |
| Public-house urinals cleansed | |
| Flushing cisterns to w.c.'s provided or repaired, and w.c.'s with insufficient water supply made satisfactory | 87 |
| Defective w.c. basins and traps removed and replaced by approved patterns | 195 |
| Stopped or choked w.c. traps cleared | 20 |
| External ventilation to w.c.'s improved | 7 |
| W.c.'s removed to more sanitary positions | 8 |
| Carried forward | 637 |
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