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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 1909
Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1909
MRS. YOUNG'S REPORT.
Town Hall,
Upper Street, N.
31s/ March, 1910.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,—Herewith I ibeg to submit to you a report of the work done during the year
1910, in reference to restaurant kitchens and outworkers' premises.
During that period 3,793 inspections and calls have been made as follows:—
| Inspections of Restaurant Kitchens, etc. | 532 |
| Inspections of Homeworkers' Premises | 1,207 |
| Inspections of Offices employing women | 55 |
| Re-inspections and calls | 1,999 |
| 3,793 |
355 intimation notices were served to cover 567 sanitary defects; 11 statutory and 36 intimation
Courtesy notices were forwarded. 243 letters to employers failing to send lists of outworked
employed. 370 cards to outworkers' containing instructions in case of infectious disease occurring
on premises where work is done; and 141 workshop cards specifying the cubic space of the workroom.
Restaurant Kitchens.—At the beginning of the year there were 68-5 kitchens, with 939
workrooms registered; during the period under report 15 of these premises were closed, and
68 kitchens, with 88 workrooms added to the register.
The total number now registered is therefore 738 kitchens, with 1,018 workrooms.
The following is a brief summary of the general conditions (satisfactory or otherwise) found on inspection.
| Satisfactory. | Unsatisfactory. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 49 | 16 | 65 |
| Do., attached to Public Houses | 31 | 8 | 42 |
| Coffee and Dining Rooms | 120 | 45 | 165 |
| Tea Rooms | 29 | 8 | 37 |
| Fried Fish shops | 64 | 21 | 85 |
| Ham and Beef, Tripe, etc. | 27 | 12 | 39 |
| Stewed Eels; Eel Pies | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Oyster bars | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Provision shops, selling cooked meats | 64 | 23 | 87 |
| 395 | 137 | 532 |
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