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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
in the combined Report. In considering the number
of' defects remedied it must also be borne in mind
that many other unclassified works have been carried
out voluntarily by those responsible in the matter without
the necessity of notices being served.
Disinfection of 471 rooms in 407 houses was carried
out by the agency of suphurous acid gas, and in 222 instances
bedding, &c. was submitted to superheated steam.
The Bake-houses, which during the year
Bake-houses. c J
numbered 38, were kept under close supervision,
and the usual half-yearly special inspections made
to see that the necessary cleansing and lime-whiting had
been carried out, and, where necessary, notices were
served.
cow-houses and Slaughter-house The importance of strict sanitary conditions
being maintained in Cow-houses and Slaughterhouses
cannot be over-estimated. There are
now in Streatham four licensed Cow-houses and five
licensed Slaughter-houses, and each of these was kept
under frequent observation.
Public Mortuary. number of bodies admitted to the mortuary
shows a slight increase upon the preceding
year, 35 having been admitted, compared with 31
during 1899.
Police court Proceedings. In respect of contravention of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, or of bye-laws
made thereunder, it was found necessary during the year
to take magisterial proceedings in 27 instances.
Of these, 15 were prosecutions under the smoke prevention
sections of the Act, against the London, Brighton