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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
Finsbury 1907
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1907 including annual report on factories and workshops
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SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE
PUBLIC HEALTH AND FACTORY AND
WORKSHOP ACTS.
The following Tables and Statement have been drawn up in
accordance with suggestions received from the Home Office and
the Medical Officer of Health of the Administrative County of
London, in order to facilitate uniformity in stating returns for the
the various Metropolitan Boroughs
Overcrowding, 1907—
| Number of dwelling-rooms overcrowded | 121 |
| Number remedied | 121 |
| Number of prosecutions | — |
| Underground rooms — | |
| Illegal occupation dealt with during year | 6 |
| 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, Part 1. | - |
* (a) For overcrowding.
† (b) For other conditions.
Proceedings during 1907. Number of Places-
| Premises. | On register at end of 1906. | Added in 1907. | Removed in 1907. | On register at end of 1907. | Number of inspections, 1907. | Number of notices, 1907- | Number of prosecutions, 1907. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milk premises | 256 | 15 | 12 | 259 | 481 | 67 | — |
| Cowsheds | 5 | — | — | 5 | 19 | — | — |
| Slaughter-houses | 3 | — | — | 3 | 78 | — | — |
| Other offensive trade premises | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ice cream premises | 98 | 4 | 12 | 90 | I99 | 33 | — |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 1254 | — | 21 | 1233 | 11463 | (a)* 67 | (a)* Nil |
| (b)† 3191 | (b)† 8 |