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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

Leyton 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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38
REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR.
TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE
LEYTON URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit to you my report for the year 1926.
INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT AND ABATEMENT OF
NUISANCES.

Table: The following table shows the numbers and nature of inspections:—

The following table shows the numbers and nature of inspections:—

Number of dwelling-houses inspected4110
Number of house-to-house inspections1317
Miscellaneous inspections841
Re-inspections12620
Slaughter-houses1169
Butchers1228
Bakehouses117
Fishmongers492
Milkshops221
Dairies217
Cowsheds20
Provisions651
Dining rooms30
Ice cream dealers57
Greengrocers521
Tripe boilers333
Gut scrapers295
Bone boilers294
Fat melters and extractors295
Rag and bone dealers53
Fish friers275
Urinals568
Piggeries50
Visits to petroleum stores205
,, ,, places of entertainment8
,, ,, schools44
,, ,, stables214
Inspections under Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act332