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Islington 1937

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

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103 1937
(London County Council Return.)
Metropolitan Borough of Islington.
SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS DURING 1937.
SANITARY AREA.
Premises.
No. in Borough
on 31st
December, 1937.
No. of
Inspections.
No. of
Prosecutions.
Common Lodging Houses
24
425
-
Seamen's Lodging Houses
—
-
-
Cowsheds (licensed)
-
-
-
Slaughterhouses (licensed)
8
(7 local supplies)
(1, horses for
export)
305
Other Offensive Trades.
12
(Includes
knackers)
135
-
Milkshops
240
878
3
Ice Cream Premises
480
701
—
Restaurants and Eating Houses
544
889
—
Registered Foster Mothers
192
1,299
1
Nurse Children kept
170
1,420
-
Smoke Nuisances:
(1) Number of observations 69
(2) „ intimations served 22
(3) ,, complaints received *33
(4) „ Statutory Notices served 2
(5) „ legal proceedings 1
(6) ,, convictions 1
(7) Amount of penalty and costs imposed in each case (costs) £110
* In respect of 25 premises.
Cleansing and Disinfection :
Number of adults cleansed 55
,, children cleansed 6,237
,, premises cleansed
(a) After infectious diseases 2,173
(b) For vermin 173
Water Supply to Tenement Houses :
Number of premises supplied 289
,, prosecutions —
Sanitary Officers:
Chief Sanitary Inspector—(whole time) 1
Number of Sanitary Inspectors—(whole time) Male, 23 Female 2
,, ,, ,, (part time) Male, Nil Female Nil
„ Health Visitors—(whole time) 8
,, ,, ,, (part time and Child Protection Visitor) 1
Municipal Tuberculosis Visiting Nurse—(whole time) 1