Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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Miscellaneous.
Other Visits or Inspections not specified above 1,714
Non-effective Visits 8,776
Total Nuisances and Contraventions Reported (All sources) 31,020
*Food & Drugs Act, etc.—Week End (Saturday—Sunday Duty).
Retail Shops and Food Purveyors Inspected 60
Street Markets Visited 109
Barrows, Stalls Inspected 159
*See also Section E.
Rent and Mortgage Restrictions Acts, 1020, etc.
Certificates applied for 71
Certificates issued 63
Certificates refused 7
Balance to 1951 1
Clearance Certificates applied for 59
Clearance Certificates granted 29
Clearance certificates refused 25
Balance to 1951 5
Public Health (London) Act, 1936—Sections 40 and 109.
Consequent upon Notices served by the Sanitary Inspectors under Sections 40
and 109 respectively, of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, the Council, in
pursuance of their powers under this Act to carry out urgent sanitary and drainage
work in default, executed work amounting to a total of £973.
Issue of Licences.
The Licensing Officer lias provided the following information in respect of the
total number of Licences issued for the years 1940 and 1950, together with details
of the number of Licences issued in respect of Statutory Notices served by this
Department, and the value of the Licences issued. The total percentage of Licences
issued in respect of Statutory Notices was 21.5 per cent. of the total allocation.
No. of Licences
issued
Value of Licences
issued
No. of
Statutory
Notices issued
Value of Licences
issued against
Statutory Notices
1949 3,430 £676,478 652 £137,493
1950 2,823 £628,498 : 13 : 0 693 £135,630:2:5
Date of Hearing and Court | Address | Principal Nuisances or Offences | Result of Proceedings |
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4.1.50 North London | 245, Caledonian Road | General defects and damp-ness. | Work completed. Council awarded £1 1s. costs. |
4.1.50 North London | 5l, Freeling Street | Dampness and defects | Abatement Order made—28 days. |
4.1.50 North London | 108, Hemingford Road | Defects drainage and paving and general. | Abatement Order made—28 days. Council awarded £1 1s. costs. |