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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 1950

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

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Table: Sanitary InspectionThe following is a summary of the principal forms of inspection and of the action taken by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year:

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 complaint1,761
„ „ after infectious disease147
Inspections of Milkshops and Dairies174
„ „ Factories250
„ „ Outworkers premises818
„ Shops354
„ „ Food Premises1,344
„ „ Other premises926
Notices from Builders292
Inspection re Housing Accommodation534
„ „ Permitted Numbers202
„ „ Underground rooms27
„ „ Pharmacy & Poisons53
„ „ Rodent Control608
Total number of re-inspections10,474
Intimation Notices served959
Statutory Notices served276
Dustbin Notices37
Notices under Section 40 Public Health (London) Act, 1936168
Notices under Section 109 Public Health (London) Act, 193674