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Islington 1936

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

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91
[1936
(London County Council Return.)
Metropolitan Borough of Islington.
SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS DURING 1936.
SANITARY AREA.
Premises.
No. in Borough
on 31st
December, 1936.
No. of
Inspections.
No. of
Prosecutions.
Common Lodging Houses
24
579
-
Seamen's Lodging Houses

-
-
Cowsheds (licensed)
-
-
-
Slaughterhouses (licensed)
8
(7 local supplies)
(1, horses for
export)
430
-
Other Offensive Trades
12
(Includes
knackers)
311
-
Milkshops
256
877
1
Ice Cream Premises
494
460
-
Restaurants and Eating Houses
605
798
-
Registered Foster Mothers
229
1,241
1
Nurse Children kept
223
1,581
-
Smoke Nuisances—
(1) No. of observations 32
(2) No. of intimations served 2
(3) No. of complaints received*45
(4) No. of Statutory Notices served5
(5) No. of legal proceedings—
(6) No. of convictions—
(7) Amount of penalty and costs imposed in each case—
* In respect of 26 premises.
Cleansing and Disinfection—
No. of adults cleansed81
No. of children cleansed6,656
No. of premises cleansed—
(a) After infectious diseases2,898
(b) For vermin361
Water Supply to Tenement Houses—
No. of premises supplied219
No. of prosecutions—
Sanitary officers—
Chief Sanitary Inspector (Whole time) 1
Number of Sanitary Inspectors (Whole time) Male, 23 Female2
,,,, (part time) Male, Nil FemaleNil
Number of Health Visitors(Whole Time)8
„„1 Child Protection Visitor
Municipal Tuberculosis Visiting Nurse(Whole time)1