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Islington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1911]
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Mrs. YOUNG'S REPORT.
Town Hall,
Upper Street, N.
27th February, 1912
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,
The following is a report of the work done by me during the year ending 30th
December, 1911 :—
| Hotel and Restaurant Kitchens | 412 | ||
| Outworkers' premises | 1538 | ||
| Domestic workshops | 72 | ||
| Re-inspections and calls | 1529 | ||
| 3,551 | |||
| Intimation | 246 | ||
| „ courtesy | 25 | ||
| Statutory | 8 = 279 | ||
| Nuisances found and remedied under the Public Health Acts :— | |||
| Found. | Remedied. | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 216 | 19 | |
| ,, ventilation | 4 | ||
| Want of, or defective bins | 36 | 47 | |
| Defective floors or yard paving | 40 | 38 | |
| Other nuisances | 137 | 114 | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 1 | 0 |
| unsuitable or defective | 20 | 21 | |
| not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | |
| Unsatisfactory storage conditions | 68 | 24 | |
| Dirty utensils | 24 | 14 | |
| 547 | 484 | ||
| Workshops. | Workrooms | ||
| Total number at the beginning of the year | 745 | 1029 | |
| „ „ added during the year | 10 | 13 | |
| ,, „ closed „ ,, | 9 | 11 | |
| Present Totals | 746 | 1,031 | |
| Total number at the beginning of the year | 2114 | ||
| ,, ,, added during the year | 826 | ||
| ,, ,, removals ,, ,, | 447 | ||
| Now registered | 2,493 | ||