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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 1905
Annual report for 1905 of the Medical Officer of Health
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PROCEEDINGS DURING 1905.
| PREMISES. | NUMBER OF PLACES. | Number of inspections, 1905. | Numberof Notices, 1905. | Numberof prosecutions, 1905. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1904. | Added in 1905. | Removed in 1905. | On register at end of 1905. | ||||
| Milk premises | 133 | 10 | — | 130 | 200 | 6 | — |
| Cowsheds | 4 | — | — | 4 | 58 | — | — |
| Slaughter-houses | 6 | — | — | 6 | 84 | — | — |
| Other offensive trade | |||||||
| premises | — | — | - | — | — | — | — |
| Ice cream premises | 55 | — | 7 | 48 | 53 | 4 | — |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 602 | — | — | 602 | 161 | {(a)* {(b)* | {(a)* {(b)* |
* (a) For overcrowdidg. * (b) For other conditions.
Overcrowding, 1905—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 15
Number remedied. 15
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during year 1
Number of rooms closed 1
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 13
Shelters provided under sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year: adults, 35
children, 50 85
Revenue Acts—
Number of houses for which applications were received during
year 7
Number of tenements comprised therein 23
Number of tenements for which certificates were granted 7
„ „ ,, ,, refused 16
Mortuary—
Total number of bodies removed 18
Total number of infectious bodies removed 1