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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 1932

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

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Table: ( a). Number and NatureorInspections and Re-Inspections Made during 1932:—

( a). Number and NatureorInspections and Re-Inspections Made during 1932:—

House-to-House Inspections201
After Notification of Infectious Diseases196
Upon complaint, under Sec. 107 (3), Public Health (London) Act, 1891630
After Notices from Builders, under Bye-Law 14 (London County Council)257
Food premises398
Slaughter houses62
Milkshops, dairies and cowsheds51
Smoke observations3
Factories and workshops211
Other premises inspected407
Outworker's premises454
Premises inspected on applications under Rent Restriction Acts6
Re-inspections made to examine and test work, and visits to smallpox contacts4,270
Total inspections:7,146

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 Inspection73
After inspection on account of complaint445
After infectious illness36
With reference to factories and workshops (including bakehouses)14
After sundry other inspections117
685