London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stoke Newington 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
21
Sanitary Inspection
The following is a summary of the principal forms of inspection and
of the action taken by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year:
Houses inspected on complaint 1,985
„ „ after infectious disease 92
Inspections of Milkshops and Dairies 125
„ „ Factories 245
„ „ Outworkers premises 714
„ „ Shops 299
„ „ Food Premises 1,126
„ „ Other premises 1,614
Notices from Builders 300
Inspection re Housing Accommodation 546
„ „ Permitted Numbers 302
„ „ Underground rooms 103
„ „ Pharmacy & Poisons 61
„ „ Rodent Control 184
Total number of re-inspections 9,354
Intimation Notices served 1,344
Statutory Notices served 318
Dustbin Notices 23
Notices under Section 40 Public Health
(London) Act, 1936 79
Notices under Section 109 Public Health
(London) Act, 1936 42