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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
Islington 1903
Forty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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1903]
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL RETURN. PROCEEDINGS DURING 1903.
| PREMISES. | Number of Places— | Number of inspections, 1903. | Number of Notices. 1903. | Number of Prosecutions 1903. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1902. | Added in 1903. | Removed in 1903. | On Register at end of 1903. | ||||
| Milk premises | 661 | 13 | ... | 674 | 573 | 47 | 2 |
| Cowsheds | 13 | None | 12 | 152 | None | ... | |
| Slaughter-houses | 42 | ,, | 2 | 40 | 2414 | 1 | 4 |
| Other offensive trade premises | 7 | ,, | ... | 7 | 220 | None | ... |
| Ice cream premises | 183 | ... | 183 | 29 | 17 | ... | |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 533 | 122 | ... | 655 | 8407 | (a)*80 | (a)* ... |
| (b)†978 | (b)†11 | ||||||
* (a) For overcrowding. f (b) For other conditions.
Overcrowding, 1903—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 117
Number remedied 117
Number of notices issued 104
Number of prosecutions —
Underground rooms —
Number closed during year 40
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891
Shelters provided under sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year 20
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts—-
Number of houses for which applications were received during year 14
Number of dwellings comprised therein 113
Number of certificates granted 4