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At the last registration, one house was dropped, there being now only 7 such houses in
the Borough—6 for men (195 beds) and 1 for women (40 beds).
Two (2) cases of infectious illness were reported among the inmates, viz., one each of
erysipelas and enteric fever, both patients being women. The deaths numbered 6, all the
deceased being males whose ages ranged from 33 to 68 years. The causes of deaths during

Inhabited House Duty : Revenue Act, 1903.—Eighteen (18) applications were made
for certificates to secure exemption or reduction of this duty, three relating to tenement
houses and the remainder to flats. Certificates were granted for the tenement houses
(9 tenements) and for 81 flats; definitely refused for 20 flats; and held over for 38 others.
Prior to the issue of the certificate the premises had to be put into good sanitary repair
—including water-tight drains, sound soil-pipes, properly arranged waste-pipes, &c.
FOOD SUPERVISION.
I.—Meat Supply.
Slaughterhouses.—There are eight (8) of these in the Borough, situate as here described—
Bishop's Mews, No. 1. Portsdown Mews (in rear of No. 249 Maida Vale).
Southwick Mews, No. 15. Harrow Road, No. 125.
Edgware Road, No. 275. Upper Brook Mews, No. 6.
„ Hero Place. Chippenham Mews, No. 18.
The slaughter-house in Hero Place is now in course of demolition previous to re-erection.
No objections were lodged against any of the premises at the licensing in October last. All
the premises have been maintained in a much better condition than prevailed (say) ten
years ago.
The Inspector reports that he visited these premises 631 times during the past vear, and
examined the carcases of 151 bullocks, 5,662 sheep and 49 calves. He estimates that some
1,644 lbs. of meat and offal were destroyed during the year on account of pathological
conditions discovered in the course of the dressing of the carcases. The appended summary
shows the reasons for such destruction:—
Organs. Cause of destruction.
Sheep. Livers, 36—parasites 30, cirrhosis and abscesses 3 each.
Lungs, 14— „ 6, pneumonia and pleurisy, 4 each.
head, 1—actinomycosis.
Bullocks. Livers, 36—parasites, 25 ; abscesses, 8 ; necrosis, 2; degeneration, 1.
Lungs, 4— „ and abscesses, 2 each,
head, 1—actinomycosis.
1 cow's carcase and organs
3 sets bullocks' organs, lungs, liver, &c. tuberculosis.