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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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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:—
Primary inspections of houses on complaint 1,300
„ „ „ „ after infectious disease 161
„ „ „ Milkshops and Dairies 157
„ „ „ Factories 182
„ „ „ Outworkers' Premises 525
„ „ „ Shops 709
„ „ „ Ice Cream Premises 134
„ „ „ Restaurants and Eating Houses 128
„ „ „ Bakehouses 56
„ „ „ Food Premises 1,668
„ „ „ Other Premises 895
„ „ re Housing Accommodation 294
„ „ „ Pharmacy and Poisons 58
„ „ „ Rodent Control 390
„ „ „ Smoke Nuisance 1
„ „ „ Notices from Builders 249
Total number of re-inspections 9,904
Intimation Notices Served 726
Statutory Notices 234
Dustbin Notices 17
Notices under Section 40, Public Health (London) Act, 1936 66
Notices under Section 109, Public Health (London) Act, 1936 10
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