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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 1961

[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 years-

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 years-

Primary Inspections of houses on complaint1,316
" " " " after infectious disease127
" " " " under Rent Act, 195710
" " " Milkshops and Dairies49
" " " Factories112
" " " Outworkers Premises62
" " " Shops136
" " " Hairdressers26
" " " Ice Cream-Premises90
" " " " " -Vehicles17
" " " Restaurants and Eating Houses182
" " " Bakehouses64
" " " Food Premises680
" " " Other Premises904
" " re. Housing Accommodation112
" " " Pharmacy and Poisons15
" " " Rodent Control216
" " " Smoke Nuisance39
" " " Notices from Builders274
" " " Clean Air Act719
" " " Detailed survey of Smoke Control Areas3,825
Total Number of Re-inspections8,643
Intimation Notices served280
Statutory Notices served119
Notices under Section 40, Public Health (London) Act, 193613
" " " 93, " " " " "3
" " " 109, " " " " "2
" " " 12, London County Council (General Powers) Act, 19544
" " " 25, " " 195516
" " " 27, " " "6
" " Food and Drugs Act, 195530