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Islington 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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241 [1913
The conditions found were as follows:—
Hotel and Restaurant Kitchens:
Saris- Unsatisfactory.
factory.
Hotels and Restaurants 67 21
Coffee and Dining Rooms 103 21
Refreshment Rooms 48 15
Fried Fish Shops 37 12
Pork Butchers
Provision Shops 54 20
309 89
Found. Remedied.
Unsatisfactory storage conditions 14 14
Dirty utensils 6 5
Nuisances Found:
Found. Remedied.
Want of cleanliness28 20
,, ventilation 3 2
„ or defective bins 5 5
Other nuisances 15 15
Insufficient
Sanitary accommodation Unsuitable or defective 3 3
Not separate for sexes 1 1
55 46
Outworkers.— The number of names and addresses received during the period under
report is as follows :—
From employers in the Borough of Islington 1,384
From employers in other districts (per the Medical Officer of Health) 2,899
4,283
Insanitary Premises (Outworkers):
Intimation notices for statutory defects 35
Unsatisfactory domestic conditions 91
126
Infectious Diseases (Outworkers) :
Notifications 75
Disinfection of workrooms and work 71
Letters, etc. :
To employers re failure to supply lists 24
Notifications of outworkers to other districts 613
637
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
EMILY G. M. NYMAN,
Sanitary Inspector of Workshops, etc.
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