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Stoke Newington 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

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ICE CREAM MANUFACTURERS AND VENDORS.
There are 38 premises in the Borough where ice-cream is
manufactured. A Register is kept of all such premises, and the
shops and premises frequently inspected during the summer months.
The conditions under which the manufacture was carried on were in
every case found to be satisfactory. The barrows and utensils of
itinerant vendors have also been examined.
RESTAURANTS AND EATING HOUSES.
There are 26 of these premises in the Borough. The results
of the inspections, both of the food and the kitchens, have been
satisfactory.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
The Register of Factories and Workshops has been maintained.
There are at present 254 Factories, Workshops and Workplaces in
the Borough. These have all been inspected during the year. In
addition 346 homes of outworkers have been inspected.
It was found necessary to serve 44 Intimation Notices and 2
Statutory Notices, principally for cleansing and unsuitable or defective
W.C. accommodation. In every case the nuisances were abated
promptly.
Of the outworkers notified from firms whose places of business are
in Stoke Newington—
123 reside in Stoke Newington.
88 ” ” Hackney.
3 ” ” Hornsey.
42 ” „ Islington.
41 ” ” Tottenham.
18 ” ” Stepney.
1 ” ” Edmonton.
7 ” ” Shoreditch.
5 „ „ Poplar.
1 ” ” Leyton.
2 ” ” Finchley.
2 ” ” Bethnal Green.
7 ” ” Walthamstow.
Total 340