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Leyton 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Seventeen new dealers were registered during the past year,
and in two cases, where infectious diseases occurred, immediate
steps were taken to remove the patients, and to carry out the
requisite disinfection, as well as to have the milk found on the
premises destroyed.
BAKEHOUSES.
The Bakehouses of the District have been periodically inspected,
and special attention has been paid to the sanitary
condition of same.
It was found necessary to serve 31 notices re cleansing and
limewhiting, &c.
SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
There are 18 Slaughter Houses in the District. Three
licenses have been transferred during the year, and one house
has been closed.
UNSOUND FOOD.
A quantity of fruit and fish found, on inspection, to be unfit
for human consumption, was destroyed.

SEWER VENTILATORS.

Return of Sewer Ventilators erected during the period January, 1906, to December, 1906:—

Forest Ward8
Leytonstone Ward3
Lea Bridge Ward6
Central Ward13
Cann Hall Ward1
Leyton Ward0
Grove Green Ward0
Harrow Green Ward0
Wanstead Slip Ward0
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