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Islington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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59 1927
RENT AND MORTGAGE INTEREST (RESTRICTIONS) ACTS, 1920, 1923 and 1925.
Number of applications for certificates and "reports" under above Acts.
| Year. | House or part of the house not kept in a reasonable state of repair. | House or part of the house kept in a reasonable state of repair. | "Report" re completion of work mentioned in schedule issued with certificate. | Certificates not issued | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 25 | 28 | . | 1 | 54 |
| 1921 | 269 | 52 | 1 | 5 | 327 |
| 1922 | 157 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 195 |
| 1923 | 123 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 148 |
| 1924 | 117 | 6 | 19 | . | 142 |
| 192S | 96 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 116 |
| 1926 | 68 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 100 |
| 1927 | 67 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 95 |
| T otals | 922 | 135 | 103 | 17 | 1,177 |
STATE OF PAUPERISM IN THE BOROUGH.
There was a decrease of 1,266 in the number of paupers relieved during the
year for the weekly average was 9,326 compared with 10,592 in 1926.
Appended is a statement furnished by the Clerk to ths Islington Guardians :—
| Quarters. 1 | Average number Relieved during each week. | Borough Death rates, 1927. 8 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indoor Paupers, Adults and Children. 2 | Outdoor Paupers. | Totals, 1927 5 | Totals corresponding periods 1926. 6 | Children Boarded out. 7 | |||
| Adults. 3 | Children under 16. 4 | ||||||
| 1st Quarter | 3,100 | 4,852 | 2,892 | 10,844 | 10,725 | 30 | 18.3 |
| 2nd „ | 2,921 | 4,279 | 2,260 | P,460 | 11,175 | 28 | 10.1 |
| 3rd” | 2,851 | 3,876 | 1,772 | 8,499 | 10,063 | 26 | 8.9 |
| 4th ” | 2,934 | 3,837 | 1 732 | 8,503 | 10,404 | 23 | 13.0 |
| The Year | 2,951 | 4,211 | 2,164 | 9,326 | 10,592 | 27 | 12.3 |
INSPECTION AND EXAMINATION OF FOOD AND PLACES WHERE
FOOD IS PREPARED.
Food—Inspection of.—Inspector Wilkinson reports that during the year
he has paid 710 visits to the 13 Slaughter Houses now on the register, including
one Horse Slaughter House, and that he has ascertained that 9,588 animals
were killed therein, namely 469 oxen and cows, 12 calves, 5,259 sheep and lambs,
and 3,848 horses for human consumption, these latter being entirely for export.
The quality and sound condition generally of the animals is shown by the fact
that no carcase, or part thereof, was found unfit for human food ; whilst the number
of diseased organs were very few, being due mainly, to parasitic affections, as will
be seen in the table on page 63.