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London County Council 1914

Annual report of the Council, 1914 Vol. III public health...

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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1914.

Table: Information of these proceedings is not given in tabular form in several of the reports, and the following table has been mainly compiled from the information otherwise contained in them:—

Information of these proceedings is not given in tabular form in several of the reports, and the following table has been mainly compiled from the information otherwise contained in them:—

Metropolitan borough.No. of houses inspected.No. of houses dealt with under Section 15.No. of representations, 1914.No. of closing orders, 1914.No. of houses, defects remedied without closing orders.No. of houses, defects remedied after closing orders.No. of houses demolished.Remarks.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)
Battersea2,2181,9601853814738
Bermondsey—————636—
Bethnal Green60718312522-3 houses still closed, 17 in hand.
Camberwell3—
Chelsea42533—3—-—
Deptford2,490—554G—
Finsbury—
Fulham140--115-Defects not remedied in 25 cases
Greenwich2,2312661,1401,091--—
Hackney6969——-—
Hammersmith598288376—-——
Hampstead14-995-54 houses empty at end of year.
Holborn15-22102——
Islington566421I2466 houses no longer used for habitation.
Kensington536101333193——
Lambeth358—7777—
Lewisham433412-3—763 houses used as lockup shops.
Paddington6—5514 cases in hand at end of year.
Poplar49—10103722(" 8 demolition orders
St. Marylebone1,693—1-628—6. adjourned. [ 1 appeal pending.
St. Pancras2,371—37-—15—
Shoreditch10 houses still closed at end of year.
Southwark—
Stepney85—66—3—
Stoke Newington—
Wandsworth2,396———————
Westminster, City of24———3—11—
Woolwich4,5381899575 houses demolished were closed in 1913.

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The reports of the medical officers of health of Bethnal Green and Woolwich contain detailed
statements relating to the Brady-street area and the High-street flats area situate in those boroughs.
Further reference to these areas will be found in Chapter XXVII.
Some of the annual reports make reference to special housing problems arising in connection
with accommodation of soldiers and refugees.

Table: Underground Rooms.The number of underground rooms dealt with in 1914 in the several metropolitan boroughs is shown in the following table :—

Underground Rooms.

The number of underground rooms dealt with in 1914 in the several metropolitan boroughs is shown in the following table :—

Metropolitan borough.No. of room? illegally occupied.No. of rooms closed or illegal occupation discontinued.Metropolitan borough.No. of rooms illegally occupied.No. of rooms closed or illegal occupation discontinued.
Battersea132108Kensington7777
Bermondsey11Lambeth29—
Bethnal Green55Paddington115115
Camberwell11St. Marylebone2727
Chelsea11St. Pancras——
Deptford——Shoreditch1212
Finsbury—6Southwark——
Fulham44Stepney3818
Greenwich11Stoke Newington___
Hackney—Wandsworth—-
Hampstead8028Westminster, City of1717
Holborn1414Woolwich——
Islington3030r