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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Stoke Newington 1927

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

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Table: ( a) Number and Nature of Inspections made during 1927:

( a) Number and Nature of Inspections made during 1927:

After Notification of Infectious Diseases280
By house-to-house inspection129
Upon complaint, under Sec. 107 (3), Public Health (London) Act, 1891563
After Notices from Builders, under Bye-law 14 (London County Council)164
Food premises517
Slaughter houses65
Milkshops, dairies and cowsheds54
Smoke observations8
Factories and workshops431
Other premises inspected907
Premises inspected on application under Rent Restriction Act16
Re-inspections made to examine and test work, etc.3,427
Total Inspections6,561

Table: ( b) Informal Notices Served; Number and Nature (under Sec . 3 Public Health (London) Act, 1891):

( b) Informal Notices Served; Number and Nature (under Sec . 3 Public Health (London) Act, 1891):

House to house inspection82
After inspection on account of complaint356
After infectious illness34
With reference to milkshops, dairies and cowsheds—
,, „ ,, food premises13
,, „ ,, factories and workshops (including bakehouses)38
„ ,, „ slaughter houses—
After sundry other inspections354
877