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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HOUSES AND PREMISES INSPECTED.
After Notification of Infectious Diseases 298
By house-to-house inspection 222
Upon complaint, under Sec. 107 (3), Public Health (London)
Act, 1891 609
After Notices from Builders, under Bye-law 14 (London
County Council) 195
Stables and mews 100
Slaughter houses 55
Milkshops, dairies and cowsheds 55
Bakehouses. 17
Factories and workshops 133
Other premises inspected 626
Re-inspections made to examine and test work, etc. 3,200
Total Inspections 5,510
NUISANCES ABATED AND SANITARY DEFECTS
REMEDIED.
Dirty premises, cleansed and whitewashed 238
Dampness in dwellings remedied. 135
Dilapidated ceilings, stairs, etc., repaired 206
Defective drain inlets remedied 1
Foul traps and pans of w.c.'s cleansed 3
Public-house urinals cleansed (after intimation) 1
Flushing cisterns to w.c.'s provided or repaired, and w.c.'s
with insufficient water supply made satisfactory 27
Defective w.c. basins and traps removed and replaced by
approved patterns 65
Stopped or choked w.c. traps cleared 10
External ventilation to w.c.'s improved 4
W.C.'s removed to more sanitary positions 3
Separate flushing cisterns fixed to w.c.'s which were previously
flushed directly from dietary cisterns 1
Carried forward. 694