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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 1912
Annual report for 1912 of the Medical Officer of Health
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PROCEEDINGS DURING 1912.
| Milk premises | 114 | 8 | 10 | 112 | 122 | 8 | - |
| Cowsheds | 1 | — | — | 1 | 9 | — | — |
| Slaughter-houses | 6 | — | l | 5 | 51 | — | — |
| Other offensive trade premises | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ice cream premises | 30 | - | 2 | 28 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | — | — | — | — | — | (a)* —* — | (a)* —* — |
| Bakehouses | 33 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 48 | 6 | — |
| Restaurant Kitchens | 64 | 6 | 2 | 68 | 82 | 4 | - |
| * (a) For overcrowding. | |||||||
Total number of Intimation Notices served for all purposes .1073
Overcrowding. 1912—
Number of dwelline rooms overcrowded 13
Number remedied 13
Number of prosecutions
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during the year
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 verminous rooms cleansed 354
Shelters provided under sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year 33
Revenue Acts—
Number of Houses for which applications were received
during the year 7
Number of tenements comprised therein 37
Number of tenements for which certificates were
(a) granted 23
„ „ „ „ (6) refused 14
,, ,, ,, ,, (c) deferred —
Common Lodging.houses—certificates granted ... —
Mortuaries—
Total number of bodies removed 114
Total number of infectious bodies removed