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NOTES UPON SANITARY WORK PERFORMED DURING
THE YEAR 1909.
It will be seen from the accompanying Report of the Chief
Sanitary Inspector that a large amount of sanitary work has been
performed during the year; 3,988 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; 700 Intimation Notices, followed in cases
by Statutory Notices, were complied with. Of 3,988 premises
inspected, only 177 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 48 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
has to pay on an average between four and five visits in order to
see that the work required is properly carried out.
The slaughter-houses, bale-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.
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