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London County Council 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: PART II.Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops.The County Council received during the year 266 applications for cowhouse licences, of which 259 were granted. The number of applications for licences received during the last ten years and the number granted are shown in the following table. It will be seen that the number of these premises in London is continually decreasing.

PART II.

Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops.

The County Council received during the year 266 applications for cowhouse licences, of which 259 were granted. The number of applications for licences received during the last ten years and the number granted are shown in the following table. It will be seen that the number of these premises in London is continually decreasing.

1895427416
1896405393
1897379374
1898357354
1899338330
1900323321
1901306295
1902294291
1903282277
1904266259

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In 1903 effort was made, in conjunction with the medical officers of health of London districts,
to secure uniform statistical statement of the several proceedings of the authorities and their officers,
which can thus conveniently be dealt with. Tables showing these proceedings have therefore, in
the main, been compiled from tabular statements in the annual reports of medical officers of health
or from figures otherwise contained in their reports, and are included in this report. The following
table relating to cowsheds has been thus prepared.

Table: Cowsheds.

Cowsheds.

Sanitary area.Number of cowsheds.Number of Inspections 1904.Number of notices 1904.Number of prosecutions 1904.
On register at end of 1903.Added in 1904.Removed in 1904.On register at end of 1904.
Paddington2114
Kensington211
Hammersmith----2-
Fulham3--312--
Chelsea4--4651-
Westminster, City of33
S. Marylebone66
Hampstead-------
St. Pancras13310212
Islington12-210139-1
Stoke Newington22
Hackney241233017
Holborn1--13-
Finsbury7-16427-
Shoreditch8-1764--
Bethnal Green15--15189--
Stepney41140
Poplar1711690
Southwark55136
Bermondsey7--72-
Lambeth20317
Battersea3--3--
Wandsworth161215644-
Camberwell21-120295--
Deptford7-1653
Greenwich4--415
Lewisham16--161386
Woolwich18--18569

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In one instance the borough council took proceedings against a cowkeeper for keeping cows
in an unlicensed shed, and a fine was imposed. The Council's inspector attended the hearing of the
case to give evidence in support of the prosecution.
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