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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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| DATE | ADDRESS | MAGISTRATE'S DECISION |
|---|---|---|
| (1) 3.11.64 | 14 Offord Road | Fined £5. Defendant to pay £2 costs. |
| (1) 7.1.64 | 58 Barnsbury Street | Fined £15. Defendant to pay £3 costs. |
| (2) 7.1.64 | 75 Cornwallis Road | Fined £10. Defendant to pay £2 costs. |
| (3) 7.1.64 | 24 Haverstock Street | Fined £25. Defendant to pay £3 costs. |
| (4) 7.4.64 | 65 Pyrland Road | Absolute discharge. Costs of £1 to the Council. |
| (5) 2.6.64 | 10 Ferntower Road | Fined £20. Defendant to pay £5 costs. |
| (6) 7.7.64 | 61 Cross Street | Fined £20. Defendant to pay £5 costs. |
| (7) 7.7.64 | 253 New North Road | Fined £50. Defendant to pay £5 costs. |
| (8) 1.9.64 | 10 Ferntower Road | Summons not served. Magistrates' Courts Act |
| (9) 6.10.64 | 111 Hornsey Road | Works completed. Adjourned Sine Die. |
| 10 6.10.64 | 111, Hornsev Road | Wnrks completed. Adjourned Sine Die. |
| 11 6: 10:64 | 10 Ferntower Hoad | Summons served; |
| (12) 3.11.64 | 61 Cross Street | Fined £25. Defendant to pay £5 costs. |
| (13) 3.11.64 | 10 Ferntower Road | Summons not served. |
| (14) 1.12.64 | 22 Tollington Park | Fined £5. Defendant to pay £2 costs. |
| (15) 1.12.64 | 10 Ferntower Road | Summons not served. |
| date | OFFENCE | MAGISTRATE'S DECISION |
|---|---|---|
| (l) 4.2.64 | Making an entry in a rent book as being in arrears with rent in respect of the sum of £3.3s. 4d., which sum is irrecoverable - 58 Queens Cottages. | Fined £ 10. Defendant to pay 20 Guineas costs |
| (2) 4.2.64 | Making an entry in a rent book as being in arrears with rent in respect of the sum of £3.3s.4d., which sum is irrecoverable -58 Queens Cottages | No separate penalty. |
Disinfection and Disinfestation
(a) General
Number of rooms disinfected after cases of infectious disease 210
Number of rooms treated for vermin 1,071
Number of rooms included in the above figure treated for
vermin (free of charge) 185
(The majority of free cases were carried out on behalf of
elderly or infirm persons or persons of limited means).
The department also undertook the disinfection of wards in a number of hospitals
upon request for co-operation in the control of hospital infection, and also continued
to do the routine disinfection of pillows and woollen blankets from a hospital in the
Borough.