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FOOD INSPECTION.
The amount of unwholesome food seized in Stoke New ington
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, the
particulars of which are shown in the Report of the Chief Sanitary
Inspector. It is to be hoped that in the future all obviously
unsound food will be thus surrendered.
During the year many systematic efforts were made to
detect the sale of diseased meat within the Borough, and I am
glad to say that, with few exceptions, our inspections have not
called for any seizures.
STABLE MANURE.
In recent years there has been a constant decrease in the
amount of stable manure in London owing to the displacement of
horse by motor traffic. Nuisance from this source is therefore
very much less than formerly, a fact which is also partly due to the
enforcement of the regulations requiring periodical removal.
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
In the Borough of Stoke Newington, more especially in the
Southern Division, there is a considerable number of houses let in
lodgings under circumstances and conditions which render it
desirable, in the interest of public health, that they should be
registered and inspected at frequent intervals.
By the end of the year 1915 236 such premises were on the
Register.
THE HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING ACT, 1909.
During 1915 the houses in Cressington Road, Barn Street,
and Leonard's Place were specially inspected under this Act, and
all the facts were duly entered in the special Register kept. No
action beyond the abatement of such nuisances as were discovered