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Camberwell 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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PROCEEDINGS DURING 1908 (as asked for by the London County Council).
| Premises. | Number of Places. | Number of Inspections, 1908. | Number of Notices, 1908. | Number of Prosecutions, 1908. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1907. | Added in 1908. | Removed in 1908. | On Register at end of 1908. | ||||
| Milk Premises | 599 | 41 | 24 | 616 | 1,443 | – | – |
| Cowsheds | 17 | – | 1 | 17 | 212 | – | – |
| Slaughterhouses | 15 | – | 1 | 15 | 132 | – | – |
| Other Offensive Trade Premises | 6 | – | – | 6 | – | – | 2 |
| Ice Cream Premises | 238 | 13 | 35 | 216 | 494 | 17 | – |
| Registered Houses Let in Lodgings | 217 | – | – | 217 | 1,456 | (a) 12 | (a) Nil |
| (b) 254 | (b) 4 | ||||||
* (a) For overcrowding.
(b) For other conditions.
Total Number of Intimation Notices served for all purposes 4,40
Overcrowding, 1908:—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 91
Number remedied 91
Number of prosecutions 1
Underground Rooms: —
Illegal occupation dealt with during year Nil
Number of rooms closed Nil
Insanitary Houses:—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 Nil
Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes Act Nil
Number of Verminous Premises cleansed under Section 20 of
the L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1904 13
Shelters provided under Section 60 (4) of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891:-
Number of persons accommodated during the year Nil
Revenue Acts:—
Number of houses for which applications were received during
year 25
Number of tenements comprised therein 105
Number of tenements for which certificates were—
(a) Granted 15
(b) Refused 10
(c) Deferred Nil