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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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 | 165 |
" " " after infectious disease | 187 | |
" " " " under Rent Act, 1957 | 11 | |
" " " Milkshops and Dairies | 39 | |
" " " Factories | 48 | |
" " "pet shops | 6 | |
" " " Shops and Offices | 1 | 021 |
" " " Hairdressers | 8 | |
" " " Ice Cream Premises | 37 | |
" " " " Vehicles | 17 | |
" " "Restaurants and Eating Houses | 230 | |
" " " Bakers | 84 | |
" " " Food premises | 932 | |
" " " other Premises | 1. | 718 |
" " " Re-Housing Accommodation | 217 | |
" " " pharmacy and Poisons | 50 | |
" " " Rodent Control | 139 | |
" " " Smoke Nuisance | 38 | |
" " " Notices from Builders | 321 | |
" " it Clean Air Act | 139 | |
Total Number of Re inspections | 6, | 406 |
Intimation Notices served | 456 | |
Statutory Notices served | 132 | |
Notices under Section 40 Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | 19 | |
" " " 93 " " " " " | 1 | |
" " " 109 " " " " | 3 | |
" " " 12 London County Council (General | ||
Powers) Act, 1954 | 8 | |
" " " 25, " 1955 | 26 | |
" " Pood and Drugs Act, 1955 | 12 | |
NUISANCES REMEDIED | ||
The house or part of the house in a damp condition so as to | ||
be insanitary | 49 | |
The house in a dilapidated condition so as to be insanitary | 44 | |
The wallplaster or ceiling in part of the house defective | ||
so as to be insanitary | 41 | |
The Water Closet so defective as to be a nuisance | 16 | |
The sink defective or insanitary | 1 | |
The soil pipe defective | 2 | |
The waste pipe of lavatory or bath defective | 16 | |
An accumulation or deposit of refuse dangerous or injurious | ||
to health | 25 | |
The drain choked | 23 | |
The drain defective | 11 | |
The rainwater pipe defective | 14 | |
The roof defective so as to be insanitary | 64 | |
Dirty and insanitary condition of premises | 2 | |
The guttering defective so as to be insanitary | 23 | |
Nuisance from the emission of smoke | 1 | |
Nuisance from keeping of animals | 3 | |
The defective condition of dustbin | 8 |