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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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Statutory Notices Served (under Sec. 4 P.H. (London) Act, 1891). —Numbered one hundred as follows:
| Dwelling Houses | 92 |
| Shops and Dwelling Houses | 5 |
| Warehouses | |
| Workshop | 1 |
| 100 |
In none of these cases was it found necessary to take out a
Summons.
Result of the Service of Notices ; Nuisances Abated and Sanitary Defects Remedied.
| Premises cleansed | 209 |
| Dampness in dwellings remedied | 323 |
| Dilapidated walls, ceilings, etc., repaired | 75 |
| Defective drain inlets remedied | 2 |
| Foul traps and pans of w.c.'s cleansed | 16 |
| Public-house urinals cleansed (after intimation) | 8 |
| Flushing cisterns to w.c.'s provided or repaired, and w.c.'s with insufficient water supply made satisfactory | 27 |
| Defective w.c. pans and traps removed and replaced by modern apparatus | 77 |
| Stopped or choked w.c. traps cleared | 7 |
| External ventilation to w.c.'s improved | — |
| W.C.'s removed to more sanitary positions | 2 |
| Additional w.c.'s provided in case of insufficient w.c. accommodation | 2 |
| Defective soil-pipes repaired or reconstructed | 1 |
| Carried forward | 749 |