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London County Council 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Report of the County Medical Officer—General.
B—Administration.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops.
The Council received during the year 180 applications for cowhouse licences, all of which were granted. The number of applications for licences received during the last nineteen 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.
| Year. | No. of applications received. | No. of premises for which licences were granted. |
|---|---|---|
| 1894 | 456 | 446 |
| 1895 | 427 | 416 |
| 1896 | 405 | 393 |
| 1897 | 379 | 374 |
| 1898 | 357 | 354 |
| 1899 | 338 | 330 |
| 1900 | 323 | 321 |
| 1901 | 306 | 295 |
| 1902 | 294 | 291 |
| 1903 | 282 | 277 |
| 1904 | 266 | 259 |
| 1905 | 257 | 255 |
| 1906 | 244 | 240 |
| 1907 | 234 | 233 |
| 1908 | 229 | 225 |
| 1909 | 216 | 214 |
| 1910 | 203 | 199 |
| 1911 | 194 | 187 |
| 1912 | 180 | 180 |
Cowshed
premises.
The following table relating to cowsheds has been thus prepared:—
| Metropolitan borough. | Number of cowshed premises. | Number of inspections by the sanitary authority, 1912. | Number of prosecutions by sanitary authority, 1912. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1911. | Added in 1912. | Removed in 1912. | On register at end of 1912. | |||
| Battersea | 2 | — | — | 2 | Frequent. | — |
| Bermondsey | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 18 | — |
| Bethnal Green | 13 | — | — | 13 | 37 | — |
| Camberwell | 10 | — | — | 10 | 130 | — |
| Chelsea | 1 | — | — | 1 | 9 | — |
| Deptford | 2 | — | — | 2 | 34 | — |
| Finsbury | 3 | — | — | 3 | 40 | — |
| Fulham | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6 | — |
| Greenwich | 4 | — | — | 4 | 14 | — |
| Hackney | 16 | — | 1 | 15 | 174 | — |
| Islington | 5 | — | — | 5 | 53 | — |
| Kensington | 1 | — | — | 1 | 45 | — |
| Lambeth | 13 | — | 1 | 12 | 26 | — |
| Lewisham | 13 | — | — | 13 | 141 | — |
| Paddington | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | — |
| Poplar | 14 | — | 1 | 13 | 41 | — |
| St. Marylebone | 5 | — | — | 5 | 50 | — |
| St. Pancras | 7 | — | 1 | 6 | 104 | — |
| Shoreditch | 7 | — | — | 7 | 44 | — |
| Southwark | 3 | — | — | 3 | 36 | — |
| Stepney | 32 | — | 1 | 31 | 65 | — |
| Stoke Newington | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| Wandsworth | 12 | — | — | 12 | 49 | — |
| Westminster, City of .. | 1 | — | — | 1 | 25 | — |
| Woolwich | 17 | — | — | 17 | 64 | — |
| Totals for 25 districts | 187 | — | 7 | 180 | — | — |
Inspection
of cowshed
premises.