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Islington 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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67 [1929
RENT AND MORTGAGE INTEREST (RESTRICTIONS) ACTS, 1920, 1923 and 1925.
Number of applications for certificates and "reports" under above Acts.
| Year. | House or part of the house not kept in a reasonable state of repair. | House or part of the house kept in a reasonable state of repair. | "Report" re completion of work mentioned in schedule issued with certificate. | Certificates not issued | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 25 | 28 | — | 1 | 54 |
| 1921 | 269 | 52 | 1 | 5 | 327 |
| 1922 | 157 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 195 |
| 1923 | 123 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 148 |
| 1924 | 117 | 6 | 19 | — | 112 |
| 1925 | 96 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 116 |
| 1926 | 68 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 100 |
| 1927 | 67 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 95 |
| 1928 | 53 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 80 |
| 1929 | 59 | Nil | 17 | 3 | 79 |
| Totals | 1034 | 141 | 135 | 26 | 1,336 |
STATE OF PAUPERISM IN THE BOROUGH.
There was a decrease of 644 in the number of paupers relieved during the year
for the weekly average was 7,175 compared with 7,819 in 1928.
Appended is a statement furnished by the Clerk to the Islington Guardians:—
| Quarers. | Average number Relieved during each week. | Borough Death rates, 1929. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indoor Paupers, Adults and Children. | Outdoor Paupers. | Totals, 1929 | Totals corresponding periods 1928. | Children Boarded out. | |||
| Adults. | Children under 16. | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1st Quarter | 3,206 | 3,461 | 1,316 | 7,983 | 8,902 | 15 | 26.7 |
| 2nd „ | 3,028 | 3,174 | 1,054 | 7,256 | 7,917 | 15 | 11.6 |
| 3rd „ | 2,874 | 3,022 | 855 | 6,751 | 7,089 | 13 | 9.4 |
| 4th „ | 2,931 | 2,954 | 823 | 6,708 | 7,369 | 12 | 11.7 |
| The Year | 3,010 | 3,153 | 1,012 | 7,175 | 7,819 | 14 | 14.8 |
INSPECTION AND EXAMINATION OF FOOD AND PLACES WHERE
FOOD IS PREPARED.
Food— Inspection of.— Inspector Wilkinson reports that during the year
he has paid 684 visits to the 13 Slaughter Houses now on the register, including
one Horse Slaughter House, and that he has ascertained that 9,815 animals were
killed therein, namely 428 oxen and cows, 7 calves, 5,520 sheep and lambs, and
3,860 horses for human consumption, these latter being entirely for export. The
quality and sound condition generally of the animals is shown by the fact that no
carcase, or part thereof, was found unfit for human food ; whilst the number of
diseased organs were very few, as will be seen in the table on page 00.
The Medical Officer of Health, as Designated Officer for Food Certification,
issued 30 certificates in respect of foods prepared in Islington and exported abroad
and to the Dominions.