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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 1958

[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 Public Health Inspectors during the year:-

SANITARY INSPECTION

The following is a summary of the principal forms of inspection and of the action taken by the Public Health Inspectors during the year:-

Primary Inspections of houses on complaint1,123
" " " " after infectious disease184
" " " Milkshops and Dairies85
" " " Factories100
" " " Outworkers Premises245
" " " Shops228
" " " Ice Cream Premises37
" " " Restaurants and Eating Houses50
" " " Bakehouses26
" " " Food Premises428
" " " Other Premises720
" " re. Housing Accommodation212
" " " Pharmacy and Poisons88
" " " Rodent Control159
" " " Smoke Nuisance14
" " " Notices from Builders257
" " " Clean Air Act347
" " " Detailed survey of Smoke Control Areas565
Total Number of Re-inspections5,443
Intimation Notices Served429
Statutory Notices Served194
Notices under Section 40, Public Health (London) Act 193614
" " " 109, " " " " "1
" " " 12, London County Council (General Powers) Act, 195418
" " " 25, " " " 195513
" " " 27, " " " "3
" " Food and Drugs Act, 195523