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Islington 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL RETURN.
Borough of Islington.
PROCEEDINGS DURING 1908.
| PREMISES. | Number of Places— | Number of inspections, 1908. | Number of Notices. 1908. | Number of Prosecutions 1908. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1907. | Added in 1908. | Removed in 1908. | On Register at end of 1908. | ||||
| Milk premises | 532 | ... | 573 | 3303 | 493 | 1 | |
| Cowsheds | 7 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | |
| Slaughter-houses | 37 | ... | 3 | 34 | ... | ... | |
| Other offensive trade premise | 7 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | |
| Ice cream premises | ... | ... | 348 | ... | |||
| Registered houses let in lodgings | ‡... | ... | ... | ... | (a)* 61 | ||
| (b)†5 | |||||||
* (a) For overcrowding. †(b) For other conditions.
‡ No Register now] pt under new By-Laws.
Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes 5757
Overcrowding, 1908.
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 131
Number remedied 131
Number of prosecutions —
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during year 47
Number of rooms closed 47
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 —
Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes Act -
Number of premises cleansed under Sec. 20 of the L.C.C. (General
Powers) Act, 1904 115