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performed during the year: 3,961 premises were inspected for
conditions injurious or dangerous to health, and insanitary conditions
varying in their nature from slight to very grave were discovered in a
large number of instances; 963 Intimation Notices, followed in 53
cases by Statutory Notices, were complied with. Of this number, only
170 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 preventible sickness. In the case of 53 of the
complaints received, no nuisance existed at the time of inspection.
It is found that in Stoke Newington whenever an intimation
notice is served as the result of house-to-house inspection, the Inspector
pays on an average between four and five visits in order to
see that the work required is properly carried out.
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 duly inspected throughout the year.
FOOD INSPECTION.
In Stoke Newington a vigilant eye is kept upon the food
supplied in the Borough. Upon one evening a week, and generally
on a Saturday, one inspector is told off exclusively to inspect the foodstuffs
exposed for sale at the various shops and stalls. Of course,
some inspection is carried out more or less every day, but it has been
thought desirable to supplement the day by an evening inspection.
There is a small amount of unwholesome food seized in Stoke
Newington, including, of course, tinned articles; but the quantity 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. It is to be