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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STOKE NEWINGTON
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1954.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Stoke Newington, N.16.
TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COUNCILLORS
OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STOKE NEWINGTON.
This Annual Report is presented in the abridged form required by
the Ministry of Health.
The number of new Sanitary complaints received was 1341 as
compared with 1160, for the previous year showing an increase of 181.
The Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954, placed an additional
burden on the staff of the department. Inspections prior to the issue
of Certificates of Disrepair, involve a great amount of the Inspectors
time, while the administrative work in this connection is correspondingly
increased. From the 30th August, 1954, the date of the commencement of
the Act, to the 31st December, 1954, 30 applications for Certificates of
Disrepair were received and 19 Certificates were issued.
During the year, the Senior Sanitary Inspector, Mr.A.P.Piggott
retired from the service of the Council, having spent the whole of his
municipal life with this Authority, and his post was filled by the
promotion of Mr.C.V.Frisby, the Senior Housing Inspector. Mr.Piggott's
knowledge of the borough was very extensive and during his long service,
he saw many major changes take place. It was during his last few years
of service that the London County Council built the very large Woodberry
Down Estate and Mr.Piggott was personally responsible for the supervision
of the installation of the drainage system on this estate. Mr.L.Foxley,
Assistant Housing Inspector left the service at the end of the year to
take up an appointment with another Authority. This created two
vacancies on the establishment of Sanitary Inspectors, which at the time
of writing, have not been filled.