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Islington 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1910]
The total number of inspections and calls made were as follows:—
Inspections of Hotel and other Kitchens where food is prepared 497
Outworkers' premises 946
Re-inspections and calls 2208
3,651
296 intimation notices were served to cover 637 sanitary defects; also 3 statutory and 42
intimation courtesy notices. 248 letters were sent to employers who failed to forward lists of
their outworkers; and 229 workshop cards, specifying the cubic space of the workrooms, were
delivered.
Hotel and. other Kitchens.—At the beginning of the year there were 738 kitchens, with
1,018 workrooms registered. During the period under report 8 workshops with 9 workrooms
have been closed, and 16 workshops with 21 workrooms added to the register. The numbers
now registered therefore are 746 workshops with 1,030 workrooms.
I he following is a brief summary of the general conditions (satisfactory or other wise) found on inspection:—
| Satisfactory. | Unsatisfactory. | |
|---|---|---|
| Hotels and Restaurants | 91 | 12 |
| Coffee and Dining rooms | 137 | 24 |
| Refreshment and Tea rooms | 24 | 6 |
| Fried Fish shops | 49 | 15 |
| Ham and Beef and Tripe | 40 | 6 |
| Stewed eels : eel pies | 6 | 1 |
| Oyster bars | 2 | 0 |
| Provision shops, selling cooked meats | 68 | 16 |
| 417 | 80 |
Condition of utensils and storage and improvements effected:—
| Unsatisfactory. | Improved. | |
|---|---|---|
| Utensils | 60 | 30 |
| Storage | 68 | 38 |
552 sanitary defects were found in the kitchens and 547 remedied under the Public Health and other Acts, as follows :—
| Found. | Remedied. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Want of cleanliness | 238 | 238 | |
| „ ventilation | 6 | 7 | |
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | |
| Want of, or defective bins | 70 | 69 | |
| Defective and wet floors | 68 | 68 | |
| Other nuisances | 111 | 113 | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 1 | 0 |
| unsuitable or defective | 19 | 20 | |
| not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | |
| Offences under the London County Council General Powers Act | 37 | 30 | |
| 552 | 547 | ||