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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Sanitary area. | Number of daughter-houses. | No. of inspections, 1909. | No. of notices, 1909. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licensed at end of 1908. | Licence lapsed or refused in 1909. | Remaining at end of 1909. | |||
| Greenwich. | 4 | — | 4 | 70 | 3 |
| Hackney | 24 | 3 | 21 | 393 | 3 |
| Hammersmith. | 9 | — | 9 | 234 | 11 |
| Hampstead | 5 | — | 5 | 97 | 5 |
| Holborn | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | — |
| Islington | 34 | — | 34 | 1,863 | — |
| Kensington | 11 | 1 | 10 | 246 | — |
| Lambeth | 24 | — | 24 | 48 | 6 |
| Lewisham | 15 | — | 15 | 106 | — |
| Paddington | 7 | — | 7 | 492 | — |
| Poplar | 16 | — | 16 | 94 | 2 |
| St. Marylebone | 8 | 1 | 7 | — | |
| St. Pancras | 18 | — | 18 | 562 | — |
| Shoreditch | 7 | — | 7 | 32 | — |
| Southwark | 6 | — | 6 | 79 | 3 |
| Stepney | 7 | 1 | 6 | 18 | — |
| Stoke Newington | 5 | — | 5 | 11 | — |
| Wandsworth | 19 | 1 | 18 | 476 | 4 |
| Westminster, City of | — | — | — | — | — |
| Woolwich | 11 | — | 11 | 44 | 3 |
During the year the following authorised offensive businesses, other than that of a slaughterer
of cattle, were discontinued : the business of a bone boiler, fat melter and tallow melter in Wandsworth ;
the business of a fat melter in Kensington ; and the business of a tallow melter in Woolwich. Hence
the number of premises on which scheduled offensive businesses were carried on declined from 76 in
1908 to 73 in 1909.
The number of such authorised offensive businesses, except those in the markets under the jurisdiction of the City Corporation, was at the end of the year as follows:—
| Fat melters | 19 | Manure manufacturers | 2 |
| Tripe boilers | 22 | Soap boilers | 12 |
| Glue and size manufacturers | 5 | Tallow melters | 7 |
| Knackers | 5 | Gut manufacturers | 3 |
| Fellmongers | 6 | — | |
| Bone boilers | 3 | 84 |
In several instances more than one offensive business is carried on at the same premises, hence
the number of premises used for the purpose of these businesses is smaller than the number of such
businesses.
The districts in which these premises are situated, the number of premises, and, for most districts, the number of inspections, are shown in the following table:— Premises used for scheduled offensive businesses.
| Sanitary area. | No. on Register at end of 1909. | No. of inspections, 1909. | Sanitary area. | No. on Register at end of 1909. | No. of inspections, 1909. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battersea | 2 | 6 | Islington | 7 | 87 |
| Bermondsey | 12 | 105 | Lambeth | 4 | 12 |
| Bethnal Green | 1 | 4 | Poplar | 8 | 46 |
| Camberwell | 4 | 5 | St. Marylebone | 2 | |
| Deptford | 3 | 38 | St. Pancras | 2 | 38 |
| Finsbury | 1 | 15 | Shoreditch | 1 | 3 |
| Greenwich | 2 | Southwark | 6 | 78 | |
| Hackney | 2 | 16 | Stepney | 8 | 10 |
| Hammersmith | 4 | 73 | Wandsworth | 4 | 189 |
During the year the Council instituted proceeding against a firm manufacturing oleo, an edible
article, for establishing anew the business of a tallow-melter. The magistrate decided that although
the matter was not free from doubt, the business was not that of a tallow-melter and the Council subsequently
sanctioned the establishment anew of the business as that of a fat-melter.
Nuisances.
Smoke nuisance.
In June the Council had under consideration a report by the Public Control Committee containing
recommendations for alteration of the law relating to smoke nuisance, and resolved to apply