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London County Council 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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PART II.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops.
The County Council received during the year 229 applications for cowhouse licences, of which
225 were granted. The number of applications for licences received during the last fifteen years and the
number granted are shown in the following table. It will be seen that the number of these premises
in London is continuallv decreasing.
The County Council received during the year 229 applications for cowhouse licences, of which 225 were granted. The number of applications for licences received during the last fifteen years and the number granted are shown in the following table. It will be seen that the number of these premises in London is continually decreasing.
| No. of applications received. | No. of premises for which licences were granted. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1894 | 456 | 446 |
| 1895 | 427 | 416 |
| 1896 | 405 | 393 |
| 1897 | 379 | 374 |
| 1898 | 357 | 354 |
| 1899 | 338 | 330 |
| 1900 | 323 | 321 |
| 1901 | 306 | 295 |
| 1902 | 294 | 291 |
| 1903 | 282 | 277 |
| 1904 | 266 | 259 |
| 1905 | 257 | 255 |
| 1906 | 244 | 240 |
| 1907 | 234 | 233 |
| 1908 | 229 | 225 |
In 1903 effort was made, in conjunction with the medical officers of health of London districts,
to secure uniform statistical statement of the several proceedings of the sanitary authorities. Tables
showing these proceedings included in this report have therefore, in the main, been compiled from
tabular statements in the annual reports of medical officers of health or from figures otherwise contained
in their reports. The following table relating to cowsheds has been thus prepared :—
| Sanitary area. | Number of cowshed premises. | Number of inspections by the sanitary authority, 1908. | Number of prosecutions by sanitary authority, 1908. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1907. | Added in 1908. | Removed in 1908. | On register at end of 1908. | |||
| Paddington | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Kensington | 1 | - | - | 1 | 45 | - |
| Fulham | 2 | - | - | 2 | 15 | - |
| Chelsea | 2 | - | - | 2 | 42 | — |
| Westminster, City of | 2 | - | 2 | 56 | - | |
| St- Marylebone | 6 | -- | - | 6 | 58 | - |
| St. Pancras | 9 | - | 2 | 7 | 155 | - |
| Islington | 7 | - | 7 | 81 | - | |
| Stoke Newington | 2 | - | — | 2 | 41(a) | - |
| Hackney | 21 | - | - | 21 | 269 | - |
| Holborn | 1 | - | - | 1 | 52 | - |
| Finsbury | 5 | - | - | 5 | - | - |
| Shoreditch | 7 | - | - | 7 | 77 | - |
| Bethnal Green | 15 | - | 15 | 63 | _ | |
| Stepney | 38 | - | 38 | 60 | 3 | |
| Poplar | 15 | - | - | 15 | 53 | — |
| South wark | 5 | - | 5 | 58 | — | |
| Bermondsey | 7 | - | 1 | 6 | 38 | - |
| Lambeth | 14 | —— | - | 14 | - | |
| Battersea | 3 | —- | - | 3 | — | — |
| Wandsworth | 13 | - | - | 13 | 61 | 2 |
| Camberwell | 16 | - | 2 | 14 | 212(b) | - |
| Deptford | 5 | - | 2 | 3 | 58 | - |
| Greenwich | 4 | - | - | 4 | 9 | - |
| Lewisham | 15 | - | 1 | 14 | 153 | - |
| Woolwich | 17 | - | - | 17 | 78 | - |
(a) Including milkshops. (b) Including dairies.