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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(b) Informal Notices Served ; Number and Nature
(under Sec. 3, Public Health (London) Act, 1891):—
House-to-House Inspection 201
After inspection on account of complaint 301
After infectious illness 42
With reference to factories and workshops (including
bakehouses) 24
Food Premises 6
Notices served under Shops Act 37
After sundry other inspections 165
776
(c) Statutory Notices Served (under Sec. 4, P.H.
(London) Act, 1891).—Numbered 40 as follows :—
Dwelling Houses 35
Tenement houses 1
Shops and Houses 3
Market Place 1
40
(d) Result of the Service of Notices; Nuisances
Abated and Sanitary Defects Remedied.
Premises cleansed 359
Dampness in dwellings remedied 322
Dilapidated walls, ceilings, etc., repaired 268
Foul traps and pans of w.c.'s cleansed 10
Flushing cisterns to w.c.'s provided or repaired, and w.c.'s
with insufficient water supply made satisfactory 24
Defective w.c. pans and traps removed and replaced by
modern apparatus 80
Stopped or choked w.c. traps cleared 12
External ventilation to w.c.'s improved 7
Carried forward 1,082