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London County Council 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1913.
B—Administration.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops.
The Council received during the year 174 applications for cowhouse licences, 171 of which were granted. The numbers of applications for licences received during the last twenty years and the numbers 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 |
| 1913 | 174 | 171 |
Cowshed
premises.
In 1903 effort was made, in conjunction with the medical officers of health of metropolitan
boroughs, to secure uniform statistical statement of the proceedings of the local authorities in London.
Tables showing these proceedings included in this report have therefore, in the main, been compiled from tabular statements in the annual reports of medical officers of health, but in some cases it has been necessary to use figures otherwise appearing in their reports. The following table relating to cowsheds has been thus prepared:—
| Metropolitan borough. | Number of cowshed premises. | Number of inspections by the sanitary authority, 1913. | Number of prosecutions by sanitary authority, 1913. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1912. | Added in 1913. | Removed in 1913. | On register at end of 1913. | |||
| Battersea | 2 | — | — | 2 | Frequent. | — |
| Bermondsey | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | — |
| Bethnal Green | 13 | — | — | 13 | 60 | — |
| Camberwell | 10 | — | 1 | 9 | 138 | — |
| Chelsea | 1 | — | - | 1 | 6 | — |
| Deptford | 2 | — | - | 2 | 39 | — |
| Finsbury | 3 | — | - | 3 | 13 | — |
| Greenwich | 4 | — | — | 4 | 17 | — |
| Hackney | 15 | — | 1 | 14 | 200 | — |
| Islington | 5 | — | 1 | 4 | 53 | — |
| Kensington | 1 | — | — | 1 | 45 | — |
| Lambeth | 12 | — | 1 | 11 | 22 | — |
| Lewisham | 13 | — | — | 13 | 125 | — |
| Paddington | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | - |
| Poplar | 13 | — | 1 | 12 | 78 | - |
| St. Marylebone | 5 | — | — | 5 | 40 | - |
| St. Pancras | 6 | — | 1 | 5 | 84 | — |
| Shoreditch | 7 | — | - | 7 | 53 | — |
| Southwark | 3 | — | - | 3 | 42 | — |
| Stepney | 31 | — | - | 31 | 53 | — |
| Stoke Newington | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| Wandsworth | 12 | — | 1 | 11 | 47 | — |
| Westminster, City of | 1 | — | — | 1 | 26 | — |
| Woolwich | 17 | — | 1 | 16 | 32 | — |
| Totals for 24 districts | 180 | — | 9 | 1 171 | — | — |
Inspection
of cowshed
premises.