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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 1905
Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1905]
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LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL RETURN.
PROCEEDINGS DURING 1905.
| PREMISES. | Number of Places— | Number of inspections, 1905. | Number of Notices. 1905. | Number of Prosecutions 1905. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1904. | Added in 1905. | Removed in 1905. | On Register at end of 1905. | ||||
| Milk premises | 704 | 12 | ... | 716 | 1071 | 81 | 1 |
| Cowsheds | 10 | ... | 1 | 9 | Il6 | ... | .. |
| Slaughter-houses | 40 | ... | 1 | 39 | 2227 | ... | ... |
| Other offensive trade premises | 7 | ... | ... | 7 | 155 | ... | ... |
| Ice cream premises | 234 | ... | 4 | 230 | 235 | 25 | ... |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 749 | 143 | 1 | 891 | 11906 | (a)* 41 | (a)* |
| (b)†78o | (b)†3 | ||||||
* (a) For overcrowding. † (b) For other conditions.
Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes 6064
Overcrowding, 1905.
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 178
Number remedied 178
Number of prosecutions —
Underground rooms-
Illegal occupation dealt with during year 46
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 —
Number of premises cleansed under Sec. 20 of the L.C.C. (General
Powers) Act, 1904 15