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Leyton 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Disinfectants are supplied in cases of Infectious Disease, and
can be obtained at the Town Hall at any time during office hours.
INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT AND ABATEMENT OF
NUISANCES.
Complaints received from the inhabitants of the district have
been promptly dealt with, and, where necessary, notices have
been served to remedy insanitary conditions found to exist.
The House to House inspection has been carried out in
different parts of the district. Insanitary conditions found to
exist have been remedied and in many cases structural work was
efficiently carried out.
The House to House inspection has taken place in the following
roads :—
Acacia Road, Leytonstone.
Ashlin Road, Leytonstone.
Burgess Road, Leytonstone.
Carlisle Road, Levton.
Cobden Road, Leytonstone.
Crescent Road, Levton.
Cecil Road, Leytonstone.
Gilbert Street, Leytonstone.
Junction Road, Ley ton.
Lancaster Road, Leytonstone.
Montague Road, Leytonstone.
Park Road, Levton.
Sansom Road, Leytonstone.
Shaftesbury Road, Leyton.
SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS AND RESULTS
Total number of houses and premises inspected 6469
,, ,, houses and premises re-inspected 3913
Number of visits to slaughterhouses 614
,, ,, dairies, cowsheds and milk-
shops 338
,, ,, food shops 1001
,, ,, bakehouses 90
,, ,, workshops 441
,, ,, offensive trade premises 947
Miscellaneous inspections 2473
Complaints received 442
Nuisances detected without complaint 2054