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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 1964

[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 complaint1165
" " " after infectious disease187
" " " " under Rent Act, 195711
" " " Milkshops and Dairies39
" " " Factories48
" " "pet shops6
" " " Shops and Offices1021
" " " Hairdressers8
" " " Ice Cream Premises37
" " " " Vehicles17
" " "Restaurants and Eating Houses230
" " " Bakers84
" " " Food premises932
" " " other Premises1.718
" " " Re-Housing Accommodation217
" " " pharmacy and Poisons50
" " " Rodent Control139
" " " Smoke Nuisance38
" " " Notices from Builders321
" " it Clean Air Act139
Total Number of Re inspections6,406
Intimation Notices served456
Statutory Notices served132
Notices under Section 40 Public Health (London) Act, 193619
" " " 93 " " " " "1
" " " 109 " " " "3
" " " 12 London County Council (General
Powers) Act, 19548
" " " 25, " 195526
" " Pood and Drugs Act, 195512
NUISANCES REMEDIED
The house or part of the house in a damp condition so as to
be insanitary49
The house in a dilapidated condition so as to be insanitary44
The wallplaster or ceiling in part of the house defective
so as to be insanitary41
The Water Closet so defective as to be a nuisance16
The sink defective or insanitary1
The soil pipe defective2
The waste pipe of lavatory or bath defective16
An accumulation or deposit of refuse dangerous or injurious
to health25
The drain choked23
The drain defective11
The rainwater pipe defective14
The roof defective so as to be insanitary64
Dirty and insanitary condition of premises2
The guttering defective so as to be insanitary23
Nuisance from the emission of smoke1
Nuisance from keeping of animals3
The defective condition of dustbin8