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The following tables are included on the suggestion of the Medical
Officer of Health to the County of London, in order to secure uniformity of
tabulation in the annual reports of the Medical Officers of Health of the
Metropolitan Boroughs.
PREMISES.
NUMBER OF PLACES-
Number
of
inspections,
1907.
Number of
notices,
1907.
Number of
prosecutions,
1907.
On
register
at end
of 1906.
Added
in 1907.
Removed
in 1907
On
register
at. end
of 1907.
Milk premises
1016
69
48
1037
1928
26
3
Cowsheds
38
...
...
38
69
2
...
Slaughter-houses
10
...
...
10
30
...
...
Other offensive trade
premises
3
...
...
3
16
3
...
Ice cream premises
86
8
9
85
155
30
...
Registered houses let in
lodgings
2812
284
39.3
2703
2768
(a)* 314
(a)* 6
(b)* 1148
(b)* 18
* (a) For overcrowding.
(&) For other conditions.
The total number of Intimation notices served for all purposes was 13,357.
Overcrowding, 1907—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 833
Number remedied 833
Number of prosecutions 7
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during year 116
Number of rooms closed 57
Insanitary Houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 40
Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes Act —
Number of Verminous premises cleansed under sec. 20 of the
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1904 1,399
Shelters provided under sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act,
1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year 309