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Paddington 1909

Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1909

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96 PROCEEDINGS DURING 1909.
TABLE IX.
PROCEEDINGS DURING 1909.
L.C.C.
Premises.
Number of Places—
Number
of
Inspections,
1909.
Number
of
Notices,
1909.
Number
of Prosecutions,
1909.
On Register
at end of
1908.
Added
in
1909.
Removed
in
1909.
On Register
at end of
1909.
Milk premises
176
14
7
183
245
...
...
Cowsheds
1
...
...
1
4
...
...
Slaughter-houses
7
...
...
7
492
...
...
Other offensive trade
premises
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Ice cream premises
136
...
16
120
57
...
...
Registered houses
let in lodgings
1,343
26
49
1,320
7,958
(a)136
(a)...
(b)3,578
(b)26
(a) For overcrowding. (b) For other conditions (including annual cleansing).
Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes 791
Overcroivding, 1909—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 440
Number remedied 215*
Number of prosecutions —
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during 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 premises cleansed under Sec. 20 of the L.C.C. (General Powers) Act,
1904 172
Shelters provided under Sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 —
Number of persons accommodated during the year —
Revenue ,Acts—
Number of houses for which applications were received during year 6
Number of tenements comprised therein 31
(a) granted 18
Number of tenements for which certificates were < (b) refused 4
(c) deferred 9
Number of prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health Act, 1891—
(a) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow, ice, salt, filth, etc. —
(b) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive matter running out of any
manufactory, etc. —
(c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such a manner as to be injurious
to health —
(d) As to paving of yards, etc., of dwelling houses 2
(e) In connection with the removal of offensive matter, etc. —
(f) As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal of refuse, etc. —
(g) For securing the cleanliness of tanks, cisterns, etc. 1
(h) With respect to water closets, earth closets, etc. —
(i) With respect to sufficiency of water supply to water closets 1
(j) With respect to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management Act, Sec. 202) —
(k) With respect to deposit of plans as to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management
Acts Amendment (By-laws) Act, 1899) 5
Mortuaries—
Total number of bodies removed 288
Total number of infectious bodies removed
* In 225 cases no action was taken, the deficiency of air space being very slight.
† Including 15 deferred from 1907.