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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
Fulham 1905
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1905
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In twenty other cases in which proceedings were instituted
the summonses were withdrawn, on the payment of the
costs, the works necessary to abate the nuisances having been
executed.
The following summary has been prepared at the request of the Medical Officer of Health of the London County Council:—
| PREMISES. | NUMBER OF PLACES. | Number of Inspections 1905. | Number of Notices, 1905. | Number of Prosecutions, 1905. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Added in 1905. | Removed in 1905. | On register at end of 1905. | On register at end of 1904. | ||||
| Milk premises | 272 | 67 | 19 | 320 | 630 | 23 | – |
| Cowsheds | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | 12 | – | – |
| Slaughter-houses | 5 | – | 1 | 4 | 22 | – | – |
| Other offensive trade premises | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ice cream premises | 117 | 7 | 12 | 112 | 230 | 13 | – |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 329 | – | – | 329 | 393 | {(a)*43 | {(a)*- |
| {(b)* 176 | {(b)*- | ||||||
* (a) For overcrowding. * (b) For other conditions.
Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes 2580 Overcrowding, 1905—
| Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded | 113 |
| Number remedied | 113 |
| Number of prosecutions | 1 |
| 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 |