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Islington 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1922]
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HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
There were 1,012 houses under the operation of the bye-laws at the end oi the year
1922; 640 inspections were made during the year, followed by 7,819 subsequent
re-inspections and calls, so that the total visits amounted to 8,459.
These inspections resulted in 315 intimations being served on the persons responsible,
which were followed by 48 statutory notices to demand the abatement of the nuisances
discovered by the two inspectors especially engaged upon this work. Four summonses
were taken out for non-compliance with the notices served.
Altogether, 3,446 improvements were effected in 740 premises.
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RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) ACT, 1919.
(9 and 10 Geo. 5. Ch. 72.)
This Act came into operation on the 1st January, 1920, to make further provision for
the destruction of rats and mice.
The temporary appointment of a Rat Officer was made by the Council on the 26th
January, 1920, to carry out the provisions of the Act.
The Rat Officer supervised an organised "Rat Hunt" in Swan Yard, Highbury
Corner, towards the close of the year. The premises had been under observation for some
time, as they were known to be infested, and the occupiers had been persuaded to take action