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83
[1935
(London County Council Return.)
Metropolitan Borough of Islington.
SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS DURING 1935.
SANITARY AREA.
Premises.
No. in Borough
on 31st
December, 1935.
No. of
Inspection.
No. of
Prosecutions.
Common Lodging Houses
24
344
1
Seamen's Lodging Houses
—
—
—
Cowsheds (licensed)
—
—
—
Slaughterhouses (licensed)
7
Horse Slaughter house
1
461
—
Knacker's Yard
1
Other Offensive Trades
12
178
-
Milkshops
399
690
—
Ice Cream Premises
480
253
2
Restaurants and Eating Houses
598
774
-
Registered Foster Mothers
137
1,259
2
Nurse Children kept
212
1,624
-
*Excluding Bottle Milk Purveyors
Smoke Nuisances—
(1) No. of observations 56
(2) No. of intimations served 16
(3) No. of complaints received 49
(4) No. of Statutory Notices served 3
(5) No. of legal proceedings 2
(6) No. of convictions 2
(7) Amount of penalty and costs imposed in each case—
One, to abate nuisance in 14 days and to pay £2 2s. Od. costs.
One fined £1 and to pay £1 1s. 0d. costs.
Cleansing and, Disinfection—
No. of adults cleansed 64
No. of children cleansed 6,251
No. of premises cleansed—
(a) After infectious diseases 596
(b) For vermin 68
Water Supply to Tenement Houses—
No. of premises supplied 228
No. of prosecutions 1,
HOUSING.
1. Total number of houses in the Borough about 46,000
2. Number of of houses occupied by the working classes about 30,000
Public Health Act.
3. Number of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness 8,113
4. Number of Statutory Notices served 752
5. Number of houses repaired 6,367 houses
Nuisances remedied 16,027