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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
Islington 1904
Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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1904
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL RETURN. PROCEEDINGS DURING 1904.
| PREMISES. | Number of Places— | Number of inspections, 1904. | Number of Notices. 1904. | Number of Prosecutions 1904. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1903. | Added in 1904. | Removed in 1904. | On Register at end of 1904. | ||||
| Milk premises | 674 | 30 | ... | 704 | 1112 | 98 | 5 |
| Cowsheds | 12 | None | 2 | 10 | 139 | ... | 1 |
| Slaughter-houses | 40 | ,, | ... | 40 | 2242 | ... | ... |
| Other offensive trade premises | 7 | ,, | ... | 7 | 202 | ... | 1 |
| Ice cream premises | 183 | 51 | ... | 234 | 280 | 75 | ... |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 655 | 93 | 1 | 749 | 9189 | 1(a)* 51 | (a)*... |
| (b)†455 | (b)†... | ||||||
* (a) For overcrowding. †(b) For other conditions.
Overcrowding, 1904.
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 159
Number remedied 159
Number of prosecutions —
Underground rooms -
Illegal occupation dealt with during year 67
Number of rooms closed
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 —
Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes Act -
Shelters provided under sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year 14