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Islington 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1913]
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL RETURN.
Borough oj Islington.
PROCEEDINGS DURING 1913.
| PREMISES. | Number of Places— | Number of inspections, 1913. | Number of Notices. 1913. | Number of Prosecutions 1913. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1912. | Added in 1913 | Removed in 1913. | On Register at end ot 1913. | ||||
| Milk premises | 582 | 7 | 29 | 560 | 1043 | 63 | Nil |
| Cowsheds | 5 | ... | ... | 5 | 53 | Nil | „ |
| Slaughter-houses | 28 | Nil | Nil | 28 | 1579 | „ | „ |
| Other offensive trade premises | 6 | „ | „ | 6 | 91 | „ | „ |
| Ice cream premises | 224 | 42 | 27 | 239 | 83 | 22 | „ |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | ‡... | ... | ... | ... | 12160 | (a)* 98 | (a)* „ |
| (b)† 1227 | (b)† 20 | ||||||
| *(a) For overcrowding. †(b) For other conditions. ‡No Register now kept under new By-Laws. | |||||||
Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes 4812
Overcrowding, 1913.
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 156
Number remedied 156
Number of prosecutions Nil
Un dergroun d rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during year 21
Number of rooms closed 21
Number of prosecutions Nil
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 Nil
Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts 15
Number of premises cleansed under Sec. 20 of the L.C.C. (General
Powers) Act, 1904 233