London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | 482 |
| London County Council (Drainage) Bylaws, 1934 | 9 |
| London County Council (Watercloset) Bylaws, 1930 | 6 |
| London County Council Houses let in Lodgings Bylaws, 1938 | 4 |
| 501 | |
| Statutory notices | 71 |
| Defective, dirty internally | 243 |
| Damp | 154 |
| Inadequate underfloor ventilation | 10 |
| Defective drainage | 102 |
| „ roofs | 102 |
| „ area paving, &c. | 20 |
| ,, exteriors | 23 |
| Waterclosets—insufficient ventilation and light | 11 |
| „ defective | 97 |
| Water supply insufficient | 3 |
| „ absence of in upper floors | 3 |
| „ cisterns dirty, uncovered | 4 |
| Absence of food storage accommodation | 2 |
| Staircase lighting, tenements | 4 |
| Ventilation | 2 |
| Smells | 41 |
| Rubbish | 47 |
| Other nuisances | 1 |
| Cases coming to the notice of the Public Health Department during the year | 124 |
| Cases in which overcrowded families have been rehoused during 1950. Westminster City Council, 5; London County Council, 42 | 47 |
Water supply in tenement houses.
Under the powers of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, 14
additional water supplies were provided to working class tenement
houses during the year.
Housing Acts, 1936 to 1949.
| A.—Individual Houses Unfit for Human Habitation. | |
| Number of houses represented for demolition | Nil |
| Number of Demolition Orders made | Nil |