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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INTIMATION NOTICES SERVED.
(Sec. 3, Public Health Act, 1891.)
After house-to-house inspection 360
After inspection on account of complaint 136
After infectious illness 128
With reference to stables and mews 26
,, ,, milkshops, dairies and cowsheds 6
,, ,, bakehouses 9
,, „ factories and workshops 64
,, ,, slaughter houses Nil
After sundry other inspections 234
963
STATUTORY NOTICES SERVED.
Fifty-three 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 185
Dampness in dwellings remedied 55
Dilapidated ceilings, stairs, &c., repaired 31
Bell-traps and small dip-traps removed and replaced by stoneware
gulleys 17
Foul traps and pans of w.c.'s cleansed or new ones substituted 1
Public-house urinals cleansed
Flushing cisterns to w.c.'s provided or repaired, and w.c.'s with
insufficient water supply made satisfactory 81
Defective w.c. basins and traps removed and replaced by
approved patterns 152
Stopped or choked w.c. traps cleared 12
External ventilation to w.c.'s improved 3
W.c.'s removed to more sanitary positions 5
Carried forward 590