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SMOKE ABATEMENT
There are few factory chimneys in the Borough, but such as
exist are kept under observation by the inspectors in order that any
breaches of the provisions of the Act may be dealt with.
15 complaints received during the year of nuisance from smoke
were investigated and abated after visits by Inspectors.
1 notice was served under the Public Health (Smoke Abatement)
Act, 1926.
SCHOOLS
The Elementary Schools of the Borough are under the supervision
of the London County Council, but when necessity arises
the Public Health Department gives assistance with a view to the
prevention of spread of infectious disease.
The home conditions of all notified cases of infectious diseases
are investigated by the Inspectors, with a view to the remedy
of any sanitary defects and for the purpose of gleaning information
which may lead to the discovery of the source of infection.
Names of all school children found to be living in homes of
notified infectious cases are transmitted to the Head Teachers for
information, in order that these children may be kept excluded
for the requisite periods.
MORTUARY ACCOMMODATION
Under Section 88 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, every
Sanitary Authority is required to provide and maintain mortuary
accommodation for the reception of bodies found dead or upon
which an inquest is to be held.
The present mortuary building, situated in St. Mary's Churchyard,
was erected about 1881, and until approximately ten years
ago was used for depositing bodies pending burial and for the holding
of post-mortem examinations. In 1925 the Coroner in office at that
time altered the procedure and the bodies of persons dying in Stoke
Newington were removed to the Hackney Mortuary, and since that
date the Stoke Newington Mortuary has been infrequently used,
but it was considered advisable to maintain the building in case it
should be required in some exceptional circumstance. The premises,
however, are out of date and unsuitable for modern requirements,
and in view of its proximity to the new Municipal Buildings it seemed
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