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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 1938:—
Table No. 117
Premises
No. in borough
on 31st
December, 1938
No. of
inspections
No. of
prosecutions
Houses let in lodgings
378
132
Nil
Common lodging houses
4
34
Nil
Seamen's lodging houses
Nil
Nil
Nil
Cowsheds (licensed)*
Nil
7
Nil
Slaughterhouses (licensed)
Nil
Nil
Nil
Other offensive trades
1
3
Nil
Milkshops
253
794
Nil
Ice cream premises
167
229
Nil
Restaurants and eating houses
229
337
Nil
Registered foster mothers
4
194
Nil
Nurse children kept
4
194
Nil
* The one cowshed in existence was closed during the year.
SMOKE NUISANCES
(1) Number of observations 18 (5) Number of legal proceedings Nil
(2) Number of intimations served Nil (6) Number of convictions Nil
(3) Number of complaints received 2 (7) Amount of penalty and costs
(4) Number of statutory notices imposed in each case Nil
served Nil
CLEANSING AND DISINFECTION
Number of adults cleansed 69 Number of premises cleansed—
Number of children cleansed 29 (a) After infectious diseases 846
(b) For vermin 221
WATER SUPPLY TO TENEMENT HOUSES
Number of premises supplied 136 Number of prosecutions Nil
HOUSING
General Statistics—Table No. 118
Total number of houses in the borough 14,007
Public Health Act—
Number of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness 8,975
Number of nuisance notices served 886
Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied 4,083