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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
Camberwell 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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xxxvi.
IX. SUMMARY OF WORK PERFORMED, 1903. In Accordance with Draft Forms sent in by London County Council.
| Premises. | Number op 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 | 563 | 93 | 82 | 574 | 2,019 | 10 | 3 |
| Cowsheds | 20 | – | 2 | 18 | 398 | – | – |
| Slaughterhouses | 17 | – | 4 | 13 | 275 | – | 1 |
| Other Offensive Trade Premises | 6 | – | – | 6 | 16 | – | – |
| Ice Cream Premises | – | 258 | – | 258 | 849 | 9 | 2 |
| Registered Houses Let in Lodgings | 270 | 30 | – | 300 | 1,172 | (a)* 58 | (a)* 2 |
| (b)* 183 | (b)* 4 | ||||||
(a) For overcrowding. * (b) For other conditions.
Overcrowding, 1903:—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 260
Number remedied 230
Number of notices issued 46
Number of prosecutions 8
Underground rooms:—
Number closed during year Nil
Insanitary houses:—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 Nil
Shelters provided under see. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891:-
Number of persons accommodated during the year Nil
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts:—
Number of houses for which applications were received
during year 9
Number of dwellings comprised therein 24
Number of certificates granted 5
Number of prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health
(London) Act, 1891: —
(a) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow, ice, salt,
filth, etc. 3
(b) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive matter
running out of any manufactory, etc. Nil
(c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such a
manner as to be injurious to health 1
(d) As to paving of yards, etc., of dwelling houses 8