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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STOKE NEwVINGTON
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1955.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Stoke Newington, N.16.
TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COUNCILLORS
OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STOKE NEWINGTON.
I have the honour to present my annual Heport for the year 1955,
as required by the Ministry of Health.
The shortage of qualified Sanitary Inspectors has continued
throughout the year and this together with the advent of new
legislation, nas placed additional burdens on the staff of the Public
Health Department.
The number of new sanitary complaints received was 1562 as
compared with 1341 in 1954, showing an increase of 221. Nuisances
were remedied in 482 cases either by the service of Sanitary Notices
or by verbal representations by the Sanitary Inspectors. It has been
found in many cases that results can be obtained to remedy defects,
by letter or telephone call, rather than by the service of Notices
which can, at times, be a somewhat lengthy procedure.
It was considered that the Housing He pairs and Rents Act, 1954,
might be an incentive to owners to put their properties in a reasonable
state of repair, but this has applied only in a few cases. During
the year 1955, 44 certificates of disrepair and 18 certificates of
revocation were issued.
During the year, the byelaws relating to Barbers' and Hairdressers'
establishments came into operation. The District sanitary Inspectors
made 40 visits to these shops and 38 premises were registered by the
Council.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the civilian population in
1905 was 50,470 as compared with 51,260 in 1954, while the number of
births allocated to stoke Newington in 1955 was 778 as compared with
812 in 1954, thus showing a decrease in the birth rate from 15.84 to
15.41.