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Islington 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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19141 288
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL RETURN.
Borough of Islington. PROCEEDINGS DURING 1914.
| PREMISES. | Number of Places— | Number of inspections, 1914. | Number of Notices. 1914. | Number of Prosecution 1914. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1913. | Added in 1914 | Removed in 1914. | On Register at end ot 1914. | ||||
| Milk premises | 560 | 42 | 17 | 585 | 1198 | 55 | Nil |
| Cowsheds Slaughter-houses | 5 28 | ... Nil | 1 2 | ... 26 | 56 1529 | Nil ” | ” ” |
| Other offensive trade premises | 6 | ” | 6 | 95 | ” | ” | |
| Ice cream premises | 239 | 27 | 20 | 246 | 145 | 27 | ” |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | ‡ | ” | ... | ... | 12990 | (a)* 107 | (a)* ” |
| (b)† 12883 | (b)† 3 | ||||||
* (a) For overcrowding.
t (b) For other conditions.
{ No Register now kept under new By-Laws.
Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes 5346
Overcrowding, 1914.
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 187
Number remedied 187
Number of prosecutions Nil
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during year 30
Number of rooms closed 30
Number of prosecutions Nil
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 Nil
Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts Nil
Number of premises cleansed under Sec. 20 of the L.C.C. (General
Powers) Act, 1904 249