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The following summary follows in the main the return made to the Medical
Officer of Health of the London County Council for inclusion in his Annual Report
for the year 1937:—
Table No. 106
Premises
No. in borough
on 31st
December 1937
No. of
inspections
No. of
prosecutions
Houses let in lodgings
378
719
Nil
Common lodging houses
4
29
Nil
Seamen's lodging houses
Nil
Nil
Nil
Cowsheds (licensed)
1
11
Nil
Slaughterhouses (licensed)
Nil
Nil
Nil
Other offensive trades
1
7
Nil
Milkshops
288
729
Nil
Ice cream premises
185
287
Nil
Restaurants and eating houses
231
417
Nil
Registered foster mothers
8
116
Nil
Nurse children kept
10
116
Nil
SMOKE NUISANCES
(1) Number of observations 58 (5) Number of legal proceedings Nil
(2) Number of intimations served 6 (6) Number of convictions Nil
(3) Number of complaints received 4 (7) Amount of penalty and costs imposed in each case Nil
(4) Number of statutory notices served Nil
CLEANSING AND DISINFECTION
Number of adults cleansed 44 Number of premises cleansed—
Number of children cleansed 13 (a) After infectious diseases 834
(b) For vermin 155
WATER SUPPLY TO TENEMENT HOUSES
Number of premises supplied 123 Number of prosecutions Nil
HOUSING
General Statistics—Table No. 107.
Total number of houses in the Borough
13,859
Public Health Act—-
Number of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness
12,606
Number of statutory notices served
874
Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied
4,474