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Islington 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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| (a)—(i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year | 6,757 |
| (ii) Number of families dwelling therein | 6,757 |
| (iii) Number of persons dwelling therein | 20,348 |
| 83 | |
| (c)—(i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year | 105 |
| (ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases ...—Adults | 432 |
| —Children | 222 |
| Nil | |
| Nil |
RENT AND MORTGAGE INTEREST (RESTRICTIONS) ACTS,
1920, 1923, 1925 and 1933.
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 | — | 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 | — | 17 | 3 | 79 |
| 1930 | 68 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 99 |
| 1931 | 35 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 62 |
| 1932 | 26 | 4 | 11 | — | 41 |
| 1933 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 38 |
| 1934 | 39 | — | 19 | 4 | 62 |
| 1935 | 28 | 23 | 6 | 57 | |
| 1936 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 40 |
| Totals | 1,276 | 154 | 258 | 47 | 1,735 |
THE SHOPS ACT, 1934.
This Act came into operation on the 30th December, 1934, and the Sanitary
Authority are only concerned with the enforcement of that part of Section 10 dealing
with the provision of sanitary conveniences, ventilation and the maintenance of a
reasonable temperature. The administration of the Act is carried out by a Sanitary
Inspector, who is employed solely for that purpose.
It is impossible as yet to state the number of premises to which the Act applies
in the Borough, as the primary inspections are not yet complete.
On the whole, the requirements of the Act have been fairly well complied with
by the shopkeepers, the greatest difficulty arising regarding the maintenance of a
reasonable temperature. As no standard is laid down in the Act, each shop has
to be judged on its merits. A reasonable view which seems to have been appreciated