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London County Council 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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In all, accommodation for 5,362 persons in 767 tenements, together with four shops has been provided
on this estate, and during the same month the Council approved an estimate of £107,393 for the
erection on the third and final part of Section C of this estate of 10 cottages of five rooms, 108 of four
rooms, 102 of three rooms and a box room, and 193 of three rooms, each cottage containing a scullery,
and the usual offices.
Proceedings of District Councils under Part III. of the Act.
Chelsea.—The Borough Council of Chelsea approved plans for and accepted a tender of £14,688
for the erection of artizans' dwellings on a site the gift of Lord Cadogan. In connection with the
erection of these buildings the County Council sanctioned a loan.

Table: Death-rates among persons resident in the Councils dwellings, 1908.The following death-rates obtaining among tenants of the Council's buildings relate to dwellings within the county which were occupied during the whole of the year 1908. The population thus dealt with comprised 25,235 persons, and the death-rate at "all ages," after correction for age and sex distribution, was 12.2 per 1,000 living, compared with 13.8 for London:—

Death-rates among persons resident in the Councils dwellings, 1908.

The following death-rates obtaining among tenants of the Council's buildings relate to dwellings within the county which were occupied during the whole of the year 1908. The population thus dealt with comprised 25,235 persons, and the death-rate at "all ages," after correction for age and sex distribution, was 12.2 per 1,000 living, compared with 13.8 for London:—

Cause of death.Death-rate per 1,000 living.
Council's dwellings.London.
All Causes—All Ages12.213.
„ „ age 0—527.39.2
,, ,, ,,5 202.32.2
„ ,, ,, 20 and upwards13.414.7
Diarrhœa0.0.5
Principal epidemic diseases (excluding Diarrhœ)0.0.8
Phthisis1.1.3
Tuberculous diseases other than Phthisis0.70.2
Bronchitis1.21.1
Pneumonia0.71.4

Table: Proceedings in respect of houses represented under Part II. of the Act as unfit for human habitation.The following tabular statement shows the proceedings of the district authorities concerning houses represented as unfit for human habitation, and in respect of which the Council has received copies of representations from 1st January to the 31st December, 1908:—

Proceedings in respect of houses represented under Part II. of the Act as unfit for human habitation.The following tabular statement shows the proceedings of the district authorities concerning houses represented as unfit for human habitation, and in respect of which the Council has received copies of representations from 1st January to the 31st December, 1908:—

Sanitary area.Total number of houses concerning which the Council has received in-formacion that representations have been made from the 1/1/08 to the 31/12/08.Number of houses dealt with by owners, without Magisterial intervention.Number of houses for which closing orders were granted.Number of houses for which closing orders were refused.Number of houses represented but subsequently dealt with under Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
Still closed.Demolished.Improved.Total.Still closed.Demolished.Improved.Total.
Battersea-----------
Bermondsey_--_----_
J Bethnal Green3--33------
Camberwell-----------
Chelsea----- .------
Deptford-|---------
Finsbury-----------
Fulham----------
Greenwich----------
Hackney-----------
Hammersmith-----------
Hampstead-----------
Holborn----------
Islington----------
Kensington-----------
Lambeth-----------
Lewisham-----------
Paddington-----------
Poplar-----------
St. Marylebone-----------
St. Pancras22--2----- ,-
Shoreditch-----------
Southwark-----------
Stepney-----------
Stoke Newington-----------
Wandsworth-----------
Westminster, City of----------
%/ Woolwich18-1455-16-7
Total23217105-16-7