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Islington 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington]

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89
1934
(London County Council Return.)
Metropolitan Borough of Islington.
SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS DURING 1934.
Premises.
No. on
Register
at end
of 1934
No.
Added
in 1934
No.
Removed
in 1934
Number
of
Inspections
1934
Number
of
Notices
1934
Number
of
Prosecutions
1934
†Milk Premises
†401
5
7
628
18
Nil
Cowsheds
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil


*Slaughter Houses
8

2
504


Other Offensive Trade
Premises
12

Nil
142
-

Ice Cream Premises
448
40
Nil
199
8
1
Registered Houses Let in
Lodgings
988
-
2
1,001
818
I
* Including the Knackers Yard.
† Excluding Bottle Milk Purveyors.
Housing of the Working Classes—
Number of houses inspected —
(a) On account of complaints or illness (P.H. Act) 7,514
(b) House-to-house (Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925) 1,689
Number of notices served—
(a Under P.H. Act :—
(i) Intimation 4,785
(ii) Statutory 548
(b) Under Housing Act 84
Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied under P.H. Act 8,168
Number of houses repaired under Section 3 of Housing Act—
(a) By owners 84
(b) By L.A. in default of owners Nil
Number of houses closed on notice by owner that they could not be
made fit Nil
Number of houses for the working classes—
(a) Erected during year 180
(b) In course of erection
Number of representations by Medical Officer or other person 11
Number of houses included in such representations 78
Number of Closing Orders made Nil
Number of Closing Orders determined {i.e. Houses made fit) Nil
Number of Demolition Orders 9
Number of houses demolished —
(a) In pursuance of Orders 5
(b) Voluntarily 1
Total number of houses in the Borough about 46,000
Number of houses occupied by the working classes about 30,000
U nderground Rooms—
Number illegally occupied 109
Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued 109
Overcrowding—
Number of cases of overcrowding found 61
Number remedied 61
Number of prosecutions Nil