Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1905
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SANITARY PROCEEDINGS DURING 1905
Premises
Number of Places
Number
of inspections,
1905
Number
of notices,
1905
Number of
prosecutions
1905
On register
at end of
1904
Added in
1905
Removed
in 1905
On register
at end of
1905
Milk premises
352
31
27
356
945
12
4
Cowsheds
15
—
—
15
84
3
—
Slaughter-houses
6
—
—
6
26
—
—
Other offensive
trade premises
—
—
—
-
—
—
—
Ice cream premises
65
23
16
72
176
29
—
Registered houses
let in lodgings
445
27
17
455
1088
Nuisances treated under
Public Health Act.
Total number of Intimation Notices served for all purposes 3684
Overcrowding, 1905—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 101
Number remedied 101
Number of Prosecutions 3
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during year 3
Number of rooms closed 3
Insanitary Houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 2
Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes Act —
Number of premises cleansed under Sect. 20 of the L.C.C. (General Powers)
Act, 1904 —
Shelters provided under sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year 21
Revenue Acts—
Number of houses for which applications were received during year 4
Number of tenements comprised therein 56
Number of tenements for which certificates were (a) granted 39 (b) refused 11
(C) deferred 6
Number of prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health Act, 1891—
(a) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow, ice, salt, filth, etc
(b) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive matter running out of
any manufactory, etc.
(c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such a manner as to be
injurious to health
(d) As to paving of yards, etc., of dwelling houses
(e) In connection with the removal of offensive matter, etc.
(f) As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal of refuse, etc
(g) For securing the cleanliness of tanks, cisterns, etc.
(h) With respect to water closets, earth closets, etc.
(i) With respect to sufficiency of water supply to water closets.
(j) With respect to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management Act, section 202)
(k) With respect to deposit of plans as to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management
Acts Amendment (By-laws) Act, 1899
Mortuaries—
Total number of bodies removed
Total number of infectious bodies removed
Action taken under Public
Health Act after service of
notice
3
2
364
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