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Common Lodging Houses.
Seven houses (6 for men and 1 for women) were licensed last year, the same number
as in 1913.
The deaths among the lodgers numbered 15, as compared with 20 in 1913 and 9 in 1912.
The causes of death were certified to have been due to—
Phthisis 4 Bronchitis
Heart disease 2each Influenza
Cancer Alcoholism l each
Nephritis leach Pyaemia
Old age Premature Birth
Inhabited House Duty.
Last year two new applications for certificates for the abatement or remission of this duty
were received, one of which was not carried through. Two certificates (including one relating
to an application mentioned in the 1913 report) were issued, covering 10 tenements or separate
occupations.
FOOD SUPERVISION.
The number of slaughterhouses in the Borough remained unchanged. They are situated'
as here set out:—
Bishop's Mews, No. 1. Southwick Mews, No. 15.
Edgware Road, No. 275. Chippenham Mews, No. 18.
Portsdown Mews (at rear of No. 249, Maida Vale). Harrow Road, No. 125.
Upper Brook Mews, No. 6.
The slaughterhouses are systematically inspected by the Meat Inspector, and by the Medical
Officer of Health at least once a year. No grounds for objection to the renewal of the licences
were discovered.
The Inspector was present at the slaughterhouses while killing was taking place on 380
occasions (408 in 1913). The animals slaughtered comprised 61 bullocks and 2,770 sheep last
year, as compared with 37 bullocks and 3,482 sheep in 1913.
The following parts (organs) were destroyed at the slaughterhouses.
Sheep. Livers, 8—parasitic 6, abscesses 2.
Bullocks. Livers, 6—parasitic 2, abscesses 2, tubercular 2.
„ Lungs, 2—tubercular.
,, Heart, 1—tubercular.
,, Head and tongue, 2—tubercular.
Food Purveyors.—There are 585 premises at which the trade in foodstuffs is carried on, the
numbers of each class of trade being as here exhibited.
Butchers 86 Milkshops, Dairies 119
,, Pork only 10 Refreshment houses 101
Fishmongers 30 Fried fish shops 28
Game, Poultry 10 Ice cream makers, vendors 120
Fruiterers, Greengrocers 68 Margarine dealers 13
There are, further, 7 places where fish curing is carried on, 8 where sausages and saveloys
are made, and 2 factories for making artificial ice.
The costermongers' stalls in the Borough are kept under close supervision, and on Saturdays
every stall is inspected at least twice. The Inspector reports that he made 1,040 inspections of
food premises, other than costermongers' stalls, during the year, distributed as set out below:—
Butchers' shops 454 Milkshops 164
Greengrocers' shops 19 Restaurants, &c. 190
Fishmongers' shops 28 Ice cream shops, barrows 114
Fried fish shops 55 Fish curers' premises 16