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Islington 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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71 [1931
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 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 148 |
| 1924 | 117 | 6 | 19 | — | 142 |
| 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 |
| 1930 | 68 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 99 |
| 1931 | 35 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 62 |
| Totals | 1.137 | 147 | 184 | 29 | 1,497 |
INSPECTION AND EXAMINATION OF FOOD AND PLACES WHERE
FOOD IS PREPARED.
Inspector Wilkinson reports that during the year the number of animals
slaughtered in the 13 private slaughter-houses within the Borough, including one
slaughter-house where horses are slaughtered for export for human consumption,
is decreasing annually. The number of visits paid to these during 1931 was 540,
and it has been ascertained that 292 oxen, 2 calves, 4,007 sheep and lambs, and
2 pigs were slaughtered; also 2,694 horses for export. No carcase or "part of a
carcase" was seized or surrendered on account of disease, and only quite a small
number of diseased organs were found. (Vide Table on page 73.) There is a
high standard of quality in the animals slaughtered, as has also been shown in
previous years.
SALE OF FOOD ORDER, 1921.
One prosecution was taken for exposing for sale imported meat not properly
labelled. The defendant was fined £5 0s. Od. and ordered to pay £3 3s. Od. costs.
PUBLIC HEALTH (MEAT) REGULATIONS, 1924.
A prosecution was taken for exposing meat for sale from a stall not suitably
Covered over and screened at the sides and back, and the defendant was fined
£1 1s. Od. and £1 1s. 0d. costs.