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London County Council 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Seamen's
lodginghouses.
Particulars of seamen's lodging-houses licensed by the Council are as follows:—
| Year. | Houses licensed. | Lodgers authorised. | Prosecutions. | Convictions. | Penalties and costs. | Cases of infectious disease. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 51 | 1,287 | 13 | 11 | £130 10s. 6d | 1 |
| 1922 | 44 | 1,170 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 1923 | 36 | 1,089 | 4 | 4 | £40 | 1 |
| 1924 | 38 | 1,128 | 4 | 4 | £14 3s. | 2 |
| 1925 | 33 | 1,002 | 7 | 7 | £41 8s. | — |
| 1926 | 34 | 1,073 | 1 | 1 | £5 2s. | 1 |
| 1927 | 31 | 1,061 | 6 | 5 | £46 5s. | — |
Offensive
businesses.
The following table gives particulars of licensed slaughterhouses, knackers yards and registered offensive businesses:—
| Year. | Slaughterhouses. | Knackers' yards. | Offensive businesses. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 158 | 4 | 60 |
| 1922 | 153 | 4 | 60 |
| 1923 | 147 | 4 | 101 |
| 1924 | 136 | 4 | 230 |
| 1925 | 132 | 4 | 209 |
| 1926 | 122 | 4 | 165 |
| 1927 | 115 | 4 | 171 |
Section 56 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1927, which
came into operation on 1st July, 1927, empowers the Council when sanctioning the
establishment anew of an offensive business under section 19 of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891 to grant the sanction for such period as may be specified therein
and to extend such period from time to time. Previously no limit could be set for
the period for which the sanction held good. The Council on 26th July, 1927,
decided to exercise the powers conferred upon it by this section.
During 1927 sanction was given in five cases to the establishment anew of
the business of a dresser of fur-skins and also to the establishment anew of the business
of a slaughterer of poultry, a fellmonger, a soapboiler and a tripe boiler.
The numbers of cowhouses licensed bv the Council in the past five years were
as follows 1923, 98; 1924, 89; 1925, 84; 1926, 75; 1927, 65.
Under the Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915, which came into operation
on 1st September, 1925, and superseded as from 1st September 1926 Part IV.
of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1907, samples of milk coming
into London from places outside the county are taken and examined. Information
is sent immediately upon discovery of tubercle-infected samples of milk to
the medical officer of health for the county concerned, who is responsible for the
examination of the cows at the farm whence the sample emanated. Arrangements
are made in any special case for the Council's veterinary inspector to inspect a herd
from which tubercle-infected milk has been sent to London.
In 1927, 2,305 samples from milk consigned to London railway termini from
32 counties were submitted for bacteriological examination. In the case of 1,969
samples, the bacteriological examination was completed and of these 154, or 7 8
per cent., yielded tubercle baccilli as against 4.5 per cent, in 1926.
During the year 25 samples of milk were also taken from the Council's mental
hospitals, 17 of which proved, on examination, to be free from tubercle baccilli. Four
were found to be tubercle-infected. The herds at the hospitals from which the
samples emanated were inspected but only in one case was it necessary to isolate
a cow for slaughter, although in three cases cows had been slaughtered before the
veterinary inspector's visit. A post-mortem examination of one of these cows revealed
a state of advanced general tubercle.
Cowhouses,
Tuberculous
milk.