London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Islington 1925

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

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1925]
72
Smoke nuisances—
Number of observations 114
Number of warnings (letters sent) 18
Number of notices 17
Number of nuisances and complaints 51
Number of summonses Nil
Underground Rooms—
Number illegally occupied 4
Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued 4
Overcrowding—
Number of rooms overcrowded 19
Number remedied 10
Prosecutions Nil
Cleansing—
Number of adults cleansed 20
Number of children cleansed 4,841
Cleansing—
Number of rooms or premises cleansed 3,835
Water supply to tenement houses—
Premises supplied 50
Prosecutions Nil
Sale of Food—
Number of premises used other than ice cream premises, milk shops
and cowsheds 662
Number of inspections 19,826
Ophthalmia neonatorum regulations—
Number of Notifications received during the year from certified mid-
wives 14
Sanitary officers—
Number of Sanitary Inspectors (Whole time) Male, 18 Female 2
,, ,, (Part time) Male, Nil Female Nil
Chief Sanitary Inspector (Whole time) 1
Number of Health Visitors Whole time, 7 Part time Nil
,, Tuberculosis Visiting Nurses (Whole time) 1
Disinfection Shelter provided under Sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health
(Lpndon) Act, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year Nil
Number of prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health Act, 1891—
(a) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow, ice, salt, filth,
etc. Nil
(b) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive matter
running out of any manufactory, etc. Nil
(c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such a manner
as to be injurious to health Nil
'd) As to paving of yards, etc., of dwelling houses Nil