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Islington 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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71 [1925
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL RETURN. Borough of Islington. PROCEEDINGS DURING 1925.
| Premises. | Number of Places. | Number of Inspections 1925 | Number of Notices 1925 | Number of Prosecutions 1925 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1924 | Added in 1925 | Removed in 1925 | On Register at end of 1925 | ||||
| Milk Premises | 574 | 14 | 20 | 568 | 1,262 | 182 | Nil |
| Cowsheds | 4 | — | — | 4 | 31 | Nil | ,, |
| Slaughter-Houses | 14 | — | 1 | 13 | 730 | ,, | ,, |
| Other Offensive Trade Premises | 17 | - | - | *17 | 48 | ,, | ,, |
| Ice Cream Premises | 238 | — | — | 238 | 223 | 17 | 4 |
| Registered Houses Let in Lodgings | 1,012 | - | 1 | 1,011 | 2,371 | 394 | Nil |
* Including 8 Fur Skin Dressers and 1 Fat Melter.
Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes 4,371
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 Nil
Number of premises cleansed under Section 20 of the L.C.C. (General
Powers) Act, 1904 68
Housing of the Working Clauses—
Number of houses inspected 1,684
Number of representations by householders Nil
Number of representations by Medical Officer Nil
Number of houses included in such representations Nil
Number of houses remedied without Closing Orders Nil
Number of Demolition Orders Nil
Number of houses dealt with under Section 15 of the Housing-, Town
Planning-, etc., Act, 1909 Nil
Number of Closing- Orders Nil
Number of houses included in such Closing Orders Nil
Number of Closing Orders determined Nil
Number of houses demolished—(a) in pursuance of Orders Nil
(b) voluntarily Nil
Obstructive buildings—
Number of representations under Section 38 of the Housing Act, 1890 Nil
Number of representations still under consideration Nil
Number of buildings demolished Nil
Number of houses repaired under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925 Nil
Number of houses repaired by local authorities Nil
Number of houses closed on notice by owner that they could not be
made fit Nil
Total number of houses in the Borough about 45,000
Number of houses for the working classes—
(a) Erected during year (Flats) Nil
(b) In course of erection (Flats) Nil
Number of houses occupied by the working classes about 28,000