Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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17.
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 complaint | 1,123 |
" " " " after infectious disease | 184 |
" " " Milkshops and Dairies | 85 |
" " " Factories | 100 |
" " " Outworkers Premises | 245 |
" " " Shops | 228 |
" " " Ice Cream Premises | 37 |
" " " Restaurants and Eating Houses | 50 |
" " " Bakehouses | 26 |
" " " Food Premises | 428 |
" " " Other Premises | 720 |
" " re. Housing Accommodation | 212 |
" " " Pharmacy and Poisons | 88 |
" " " Rodent Control | 159 |
" " " Smoke Nuisance | 14 |
" " " Notices from Builders | 257 |
" " " Clean Air Act | 347 |
" " " Detailed survey of Smoke Control Areas | 565 |
Total Number of Re-inspections | 5,443 |
Intimation Notices Served | 429 |
Statutory Notices Served | 194 |
Notices under Section 40, Public Health (London) Act 1936 | 14 |
" " " 109, " " " " " | 1 |
" " " 12, London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1954 | 18 |
" " " 25, " " " 1955 | 13 |
" " " 27, " " " " | 3 |
" " Food and Drugs Act, 1955 | 23 |