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Islington 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]

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81
[1932
(London County Council Return.)
Metropolitan Borough of Islington.
SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS DURING 1932.
Premises.
No. on
Register
at end
of 1932
No.
Added
in 1932
No.
Removed
in 1932
Number
of
Inspections
1932
Number
of
Notices
1932
Number
of
Prosecutions
1932
Milk Premises
+698
-
-
1,068
36
4
Cowsheds
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
-
Nil
Slaughter-Houses
13
,,
,,
424
-
,,
*Other Offensive Trade
Premises
12
,,
,,
57
-
,,
Ice Cream Premises
336
,,
,,
267
2
1
Registered Houses Let in
Lodgings
1,006
-
-
2,235
869
15
* Including the Knackers Yard, 4 Fur Skin Dressers, 3 Tripe Boilers, 4 Gut Scrapers
+ Including 293 Bottle Milk only.
Housing of the Working ClassesNumber
of houses inspected —
(а) On account of complaints or illness (P.H. Act) 6,886
(b) House-to-house (Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925) 1,425
Number of notices served—
(a) Under P.H. Act:—
(i) Intimation 4,662
(ii) Statutory 629
(A) Under Housing Act 63
Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied under P.H. Act 5,375
Number of houses repaired under Section 3 of Housing Act—
(a) By owners 63
(b) By L.A. in default of owners Nil
Number of houses closed on notice by owner that they could not be
made fit Nil
Number of houses for the working classes—
(а) Erected during year 93
(b) In course of erection Nil
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 —
(a) In pursuance of Orders Nil
(b) Voluntarily Nil
Total number of houses in the Borough about 46,000
Number of houses occupied by the working classes about 29,000
Underground Rooms—
Number illegally occupied 42
Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued 42
Overcrowding—
Number of cases of overcrowding found 72
Number remedied 71
Number of prosecutions 1