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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Year. | No. of applications received. | No. of premises for which licences were granted. | Year. | No. of applications received. | No. of premises for which licences were granted. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892 | 543 | 537 | 1900 | 405 | 393 |
| 1893 | 538 | 529 | 1901 | 384 | 381 |
| 1894 | 518 | 506 | 1902 | 371 | 362 |
| 1895 | 497 | 485 | 1903 | 350 | 346 |
| 1896 | 478 | 470 | 1904 | 338 | 333 |
| 1897 | 460 | 460 | 1905 | 322 | 318 |
| 1898 | 442 | 429 | 1906 | 310 | 308 |
| 1899 | 419 | 411 |
The number of slaughter-houses in each of the London sanitary areas and the frequency with which these slaughter-houses, in some of the districts, were inspected are shown in the following table :—
| Kensington | 12 | – | 12 | 151 | 2 |
| Hammersmith | 12 | 1 | 11 | 288 | 18 |
| Fulham | 4 | – | 4 | 24 | – |
| Chelsea | 6 | – | 6 | 96 | – |
| Westminster, City of | 1 | – | 1 | 52 | – |
| St. Marylebone | 10 | 2 | 8 | 48 | – |
| Hampstead | 5 | – | 5 | 131 | – |
| St. Pancras | 21 | – | 21 | ||
| Islington | 39 | – | 39 | 2,245 | – |
| Stoke Newington | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 1 |
| Hackney | 25 | – | 25 | 392 | 2 |
| Holborn | 1 | – | 1 | 18 | – |
| Finsbury | 3 | – | 3 | 75 | – |
| London, City of1 | 8 | – | 8 | ||
| Shoreditch | 12 | 3 | 9 | 42 | – |
| Bethnal Green | 6 | – | 6 | 32 | – |
| Stepney | 10 | – | 10 | 25 | – |
| Poplar | 19 | – | 19 | 83 | – |
| Southwark | 6 | – | 6 | 91 | 3 |
| Bermondsey | 2 | – | 2 | 68 | – |
| Lambeth | 27 | – | 27 | 54 | 6 |
| Battersea | 6 | – | 6 | 22 | 4 |
| Wandsworth | 22 | 1 | 21 | 400 | 1 |
| Camberwell | 15 | – | 15 | 149 | – |
| Deptford | 6 | 2 | 4 | 42 | – |
| Greenwich | 5 | – | 5 | 23 | – |
| Lewisham | 16 | – | 16 | 152 | 2 |
| Woolwich | 11 | – | 11 | 105 | 6 |
In one instance the Borough Council took proceedings for slaughtering pigs on unlicensed
premises and a fine was imposed. The Council's inspector attended the hearing of the case, to give
evidence in support of the prosecution.
The only change in the number of offensive trade premises, other than slaughter-houses, in
London is a reduction in the number of tripe boilers' premises, one of these businesses being
abandoned in Holborn.
The number of authorised offensive businesses other than that of slaughterer of cattle in London,
except those under the iurisdiction of the Citv Corporation, was at the end of the vear as follows :—
Fat melters 24
Tripe boilers 22
Glue and size manufacturers 5
Knackers 5
Fellmongers 6
Bone boilers 6
Manure manufacturers 3
Soap boilers 13
Tallow melters 10
Gut manufacturers 4
Gut scrapers 1
Animal charcoal manufacturers 1
100
1 The eight slaughter-houses in the City of London are not licensed by the London County Council.