London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Stoke Newington 1920

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

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396
HOUSES AND PREMISES INSPECTED.
After Notification of Infectious Diseases 615
By house-to-house inspection 638
Upon complaint, under Sec. 107 (3), Public Health (London)
Act, 1891 467
After Notices from Builders, under Bye-law 14 (London
County Council) 79
Stables and mews159
Slaughter houses 12
Milkshops, dairies and cowsheds 86
Bakehouses 40
Factories and workshops 394
Other premises inspected 597
Re-inspections made to examine and test work, etc. 3,184
Total inspections 6,271
NUISANCES ABATED AND SANITARY DEFECTS
REMEDIED.
Dirty premises, cleansed and whitewashed 389
Dampness in dwellings remedied 247
Dilapidated ceilings, stairs, etc., repaired 142
Defective drain inlets remedied 6
Foul traps and pans of w.c.'s cleansed 61
Public-house urinals cleansed (after intimation) 2
Flushing cisterns to w.c.'s provided or repaired, and w.c.'s
with insufficient water supply made satisfactory 76
Defective w.c. basins and traps removed and replaced by
approved patterns 160
Stopped or choked w.c. traps cleared 24
External ventilation to w.c.'s improved 2
W.C.'s removed to more sanitary positions 3
Carried forward 1,112