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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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III.—Sanitary Circumstances of the Area.
House Refuse 30
Destructor 30
Salvage 30
Sanitary Inspection 30
Factories and Workshops 34
Outworkers 34
Inspections made 34
Defects found 35
Fouling of Public Footways by Dogs 36
Smoke Abatement 36
Other Sanitary Conditions requiring Notice 37
Legal Proceedings 38
Schools 39
Health Education 39
Public Health Services 40
Health Lectures 40
Removal of Infirm Persons 40
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919 40
Rag Flock Acts, 1911 and 1928 41
IV,—Housing
Unhealthy Areas 42
Barn Street Area 42
Lordship Road/Lordship Terrace Area 43
Housing Scheme 43
Description of Buildings 43
Accommodation Provided 44
Cost 44
Rents 44
Demolition 45
Sufficiency of Houses 45
Overcrowding 47
Housing Statistics, 1934 48
Inspection of Dwelling-houses during the year 48
Remedy of Defects without service of Formal Notices 48
Proceedings under Sections 17, 18 & 23 of the Housing Act, 1930 48
Proceedings under Public Health Acts 49
Proceedings under Sections 19 & 21 of the Housing Act, 1930 49
Proceedings under Section 20 of the Housing Act, 1930 49
London County Council Housing Estates 50
Rent Restriction Acts 50
House-to-House Inspections 51