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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 1915
Sixtieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1915
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL RETURN.
Borough of Islington. PROCEEDINGS DURING 1915.
| PREMISES. | Number of Places— | Number of inspections, 1915. | Number of Notices. 1915. | Number of Prosecution 1915. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1914. | Added in 1915 | Removed in 1915. | On Register at end of 1915. | ||||||
| Milk premises | 585 | 9 | 21 | 573 | 1199 | 43 | Nil | ||
| Cowsheds | 4 | Nil | Nil | 4 | 52 | Nil | ,, | ||
| Slaughter-houses | 26 | Nil | 4 | 22 | 1303 | ,, | ,, | ||
| Other offensive trade premises | 6 | Nil | Nil | 6 | 99 | ,, | ,, | ||
| Ice cream premises | 246 | 10 | 18 | 238 | 122 | 24 | ,, | ||
| Registered houses let in lodgings | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8487 | (a)* | 49 | (a)* | ,, |
| (b) † | 981 | (b)† | ,, | ||||||
* (a) For overcrowding. † (6) For other conditions,
‡ No Register now kept under existing By-Laws.
Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes
4021
| Overcrowding, 1915. | |
|---|---|
| Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded | 91 |
| Number remedied | 91 |
| Number of prosecutions | Nil |
| Underground rooms— | |
| Illegal occupation dealt with during year | 21 |
| Number of rooms closed | 21 |
| Number of prosecutions | Nil |
| Insanitary houses— | |
| Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | Nil |
| Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts | 8 |
| Number of premises cleansed under Sec. 20 of the L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1904 | 87 |