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Holborn 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]

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TABLE IV.INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.

PREMISES.Number in Borough at end of 1934.Number of Inspections.Number of Prosecutions.
Common Lodging House654•••
Cowsheds•••••••••
Milkshops144125•••
Registered houses let in lodgings462778•••
Ice cream premises4295•••
Slaughter-houses110•••
Offensive Trades•••••••••
Restaurants and Eating Houses298453•••
Registered foster mothers270•••
Nurse children kept2

Housing of the Working Classes—

Number of houses inspected :—
(a) On account of complaints or illnesB (Public Health Act)600
(b) House to house (Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1926)70
Number of notices served : —
(a) Under Public Health Act: —
(i.) Intimation396
(ii.) Statutory56
(b) Under Housing Act2
Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied under Publio Health Act396
Number of houses repaired under Section 17 of Housing Act: —
(a) By owners— (2 in hand at end of year)
(b) By local authority in default of owners
Number of houses closed on notice by owner that they could not be made fit
Number of houses for the working classes : —
(a) Erected during year (erection completed)1 block (10 flats)
(b) In course of erection
Number of representations by Medical Officer or other person18
Number of houses included in such representations20
Number of Closing Orders made2
Number of Closing Orders determined (i.e., houses made fit)Nil
Number of Demolition Orders3
Number of houses demolished :—
(a) In pursuance of OrdersNil
(b) Voluntarily
A ction deferred pending pro vision of rehousing accommodation3
Undertaking to close room accepted1
Proceedings to be taken under Hect. 17 Housing Act !0."09
Total number of houses in the borough6462(Census, 1931)
Number of houses occupied by the working classes
Underground Kooms—
Number illegally occupied, notices served5
Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued5
o vercrowding—
Number of cases of overcrowding found; notices served3
Number of prosecutions
Number remedied2
Smoke Nuisances—
Number of observations156
Number of notices7
Number of complaints16
Number of summonses
Cleansing and Disinfection—
Number of adults cleansed158
Number of children cleansed4
Number of premises disinfected:—
(a) After infectious diseases313
(b) For vermin155
Water Supply to Tenement Houses—
Number of premises supplied6
Number of prosecutions
Sanitary Officers—
Number of Sanitary Inspectors (whole-time) Male 3 Female
Number of Sanitary Inspectors (part-time) Male — Female1
Number of Health Visitors (whole-time) 1 part-time1