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Islington 1926

Seventy-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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74
1926]
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL RETURN.
Borough of Islington.
PROCEEDINGS DURING 1926.
Premises.
Number of Places.
Number
of
Inspections
1926
Number
of
Notices
1926
Number
of
Prosecutions
1926
On
Register
at end
of 1925
Added
in 1926
Removed
in 1926
On
Register
at end
of 1926
Milk Premises
568
15
87
496
792
6
Nil
Cowsheds
4


4
25
Nil
,,
Slaughter-Houses
13


13
716
,,
,,
Other Offensive Trade
,,
Premises
17
2

19
60
,,.
,,
Ice Cream Premises
238


238
136
,,
,,
Registered Houses Let in
Lodgings
1,011
-

1,011
3,480
450
,,
* Including the Knacker's Yard, 8 Fur Skin Dressers and 1 Fat Melter.
Housing of the Working ClassesNumber
of houses inspected—
(a) On account of complaints or illness (P.H. Act) 8,702
(b) House-to-house (Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925) ... 1,897
Number of notices served—
(a) Under P.H. Act:—
(i) Intimation 4,797
(ii) Statutory 581
b) Under Housing Act 1
Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied under P.H. Act 4,797
Number of houses repaired under Section 3 of Housing Act—
(a) By owners Nil
(b) By L.A. in default of owners Nil
Number of houses closed on notice by owner that they could not be
made fit 1
Number of houses for the working classes—
(a) Erected during year 409
(A) In course of erection 24
Number of representations by Medical Officer or other person Nil
Number of houses included in such representations Nil
Number of Closing Orders made Nil
Number of Closing Orders determined (i.e. Houses made fit) Nil
Number of Demolition Orders Nil
Number of houses demolished—
(а) In pursuance of Orders Nil
(b) Voluntarily*19
Total number of houses in the Borough about 45,000
Number of houses occupied by the working classes about 28,500
• Including 7 houses in Borough Council Housing Scheme, and 12 houses in Brand
Street Area Improvement Scheme (L.C.C.).