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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
Chelsea 1907
Annual report for 1907 of the Medical Officer of Health
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PROCEEDINGS DURING 1907.
| PREMISES. | NUMBER OF PLACES. | Number of inspections, 1907. | Number of Notices, 1907. | Number of prosecutions, 1907. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1906. | Added in 1907. | Removed in 1907. | On register at end of 1907. | ||||
| Milk premises | 128 | 1 | 3 | 126 | 165 | 7 | - |
| Cowsheds | 2 | - | — | 2 | 48 | — | - |
| Slaughter-houses | 6 | - | — | 6 | 148 | — | - |
| Other offensive trade premises | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ice cream premises | 39 | - | — | 39 | 21 | 2 | — |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 602 | — | 5 | 597 | 337 | (a)* 5 (b)*100 | (a)* (b)* |
* (a) For overcrowding. • [6) For other conditions.
Total number of Intimation Notices served for all purposes 506
Overcrowding, 1907—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 14
Number remedied 14
Number of prosecutions -
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during year 1
Number of rooms closed 1
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 1
Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes Act -
Number of verminous rooms cleansed 267
Shelters provided under sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act,
1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year 53
Revenue Acts—
Number of houses for which applications were received during
year 9
Number of tenements comprised therein 62
Number of tenements for which certificates were (a) granted 20
„ „ „ „ „ (6) refused 42
„ „ „ „ „ (c) deferred -
Mortuaries—
Total number of bodies removed 157
Total number of infectious bodies removed 2