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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
Kensington 1925
The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1925
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| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
| Want of ventilation | 15 | 15 | — | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | ||
| Other nuisances | 49 | 49 | 1 | - |
| insufficient | - | _ | ||
| santiary accom modation defective | 40 | — | — | |
| ( not separate for sexes | 7 | 7 | — | — |
| - | - | - | - | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | - | - | -_ | - |
| Other Offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Healtn (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers Order), 1921) | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| Total | 241 | 241 | 3 | — |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable under the Public
Health Acts.
III.—Outwork in Unwholesome Premises (Section 108).
No case came to my notice daring the year of outwork being carried on in unwholesome premises.
FOOD SUPPLY.
MILK SUPPLY.
The Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order, 1885.—All premises where milk is sold are required
to be kept in accordance with the provisions of this Order and Regulations made thereunder
by the Council. The Order requires the Council to keep a Register of persons carrying
on the trade of dairymen or purveyors of milk and provides that a person may not carry on the
trade unless he is registered.
Under Section 5 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908, the Council are
authorised to remove from, or refuse to enter upon, the Register the name of any person selling or
proposing to sell milk on premises which are for any reason unsuitable for the purpose.
In November, 1920, the Council resolved that the presence upon any premises of such articles as
(1) paraffin, (2) loose pickles, (3) vinegar (except in sealed bottles), (4) fish, (5) meat of all forms
(except when in sealed tins or glass), (6) fruit, (7) vegetables, (8) coals or coke, and (9) wood
(except in bundles, provided the same be not kept in the milk store) would constitute a source of
contamination rendering the said premises unsuitable for the sale of milk, and the registration of
persons entitled to carry on the trade of a purveyor of milk in Kensington has been subject to
compliance with the resolution.
Section 2 of the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, empowers the Council to refuse to
enter any person's name on the Register or to remove his name from that Register, if they are
satisfied that the public health is or is likely to be endangered by any act or default of his in
relation to the quality, storage or distribution of milk.
During the year 15 applications for registration were received from persons who proposed to
sell milk by retail and all were granted. The alterations made in the Register of Milk Purveyors
in 1925 are summarised in the following table:—