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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
Holborn 1903
Report for the year 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health
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The following Tables VI. VII. VIII. and IX. are in the form suggested by the Medical Officer
of Health for the London County Council with a view to securing uniformity of Statistics in the
Metropolis.
TABLE VI. Proceedings during 1903.
| PREMISES. | NUMBER OF 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 | 157 | 23 | 13 | 167 | 812 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Cowsheds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Slaughter-houses | 2 | – | – | 2 | 28 | – | |||
| Other offensive trade premises | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | weekly | – | – | ||
| Ice Cream premises | 21 | 11 | – | 32 | 179 | 15 | 1 | ||
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 594 | 296 | 115 | 775 | 1,068 | (a)* | 206 | (a)* | 6 |
| (b)* | (b)* | ||||||||
* (a) For overcrowding.
* (b) For other conditions.
Overcrowding, 1903—
Number of Dwelling Rooms overcrowded
83
Number remedied
83
Number of notices issued
83
Number of prosecutions
1
Underground Rooms—
Number closed during year
21
Insanitary Houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891
-
„ „ „ „ Housing of the Working Classes Act
7
Shelters provided under Scction 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year
-
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts—
13
Number of houses for which applications were received during the year
Number of dwellings comprised therein
332
Number of certificates granted
13
Number of prosecutions under Bye-laws under Public Health (London) 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
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(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.
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(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 Act,
Section 202)
-
Mortuaries—
Total number of bodies removed
130
Total number of infectious bodies removed
18