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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
Chelsea 1904
Annual report for 1904 of the Medical Officer of Health
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PROCEEDINGS DURING 1904.
| PREMISES. | NUMBER OF PLACES. | Number of inspections, 1904. | Numberof Notices, 1904. | Numberof prosecutions, 1904. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1903. | Added in 1904. | Removed in 1904. | On register at end of 1904. | ||||
| Milk premises | 123 | 10 | - | 133 | 315 | 16 | - |
| Cowsheds | 4 | — | - | 4 | 65 | 1 | — |
| Slaughter-houses | 8 | —. | 2 | 6 | 71 | — | — |
| Other offensive trade premises | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ice cream premises | 60 | — | 5 | 55 | 68 | - | - |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 602 | — | — | 602 | 180 | (a)* (b)* | (a)* (b)* |
• (a) For overcrowding.
• (b) For other conditions.
Overcrowding, 1903—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 11
Number remedied 11
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during year 2
Number of rooms closed 2
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 1
Shelters provided under sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year: adults, 10,
children, 9 19
Revenue Acts—
Number of houses for which applications were received during
year 13
Number of tenements comprised therein 190
Number of tenements for which certificates were granted 11
,, „ „ „ refused 2
Mortuaris—
Total number of bodies removed 112
Total number of infectious bodies removed 2