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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
Chelsea 1909
Annual report for 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health
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PROCEEDINGS DURING 1909.
| PREMISES. | NUMBER OF PLACES. | Number of inspec-tions, 1909. | Numberof Notices, 1909. | Numberof prosecu-tions, 1909. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On regi-ster at end of 1908. | Added in 1909. | Removed in 1909. | On regi-ster at end of 1909. | ||||
| Milk premises | 121 | 16 | 24 | 113 | 196 | 8 | _ |
| Cowsheds | 2 | _ | 1 | 1 | 36 | _ | _ |
| Slaughter-houses | 6 | _ | _ | 6 | 99 | _ | _ |
| Other offensive trade premises Ice cream | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| premises | 38 | _ | 5 | 33 | 21 | 1 | ___ |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 589 | — | 6 | 583 | 147 | (a)*8 | (a)* |
| (b)*124 | (b)* | ||||||
| Bakehouses | 38 | _ | 4 | 34 | 52 | 6 | _ |
| Restaurant Kitchens | 63 | _ | 3 | 60 | 75 | 5 | _ |
* (a) For overcrowding;. • (b) For other conditions.
Total number of Intimation Notices served for all purposes 750
Overcrowding, 1909—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 20
Number remedied 20
Number of prosecutions —
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during the year 4
Number of rooms closed 4
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 —
Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes Act —
Number of verminous rooms cleansed 118
Shelters provided under sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year 58
Revenue Acts—
Number of Houses for which applications were received during
the year 4
Number of tenements comprised therein 24
Number of tenements for which certificates were (a) granted 6
„ „ „ „ (b) refused —
„ „ „ „ (c) deferred 18
Mortuaries—
Total number of bodies removed159
Total number of infectious bodies removed 3