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London County Council 1909

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

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In November the Council approved an estimate of £56,788 for the erection of cottages on thfinal
part of the Tower Gardens section of the White Hart-lane Estate and on an adjoining plot of
land in Benington-road.
In December the Council decided to proceed with the development of, and the building of cottages
on, the Old Oak Estate.
Schemes under Part II. of the Act—Prospect-terrace Area, St. Pancras.
The borough council completed the erection of artizans' dwellings on this area, thus completing
the Prospect-terrace and Brantome-place scheme.

Table: Death-rates among persons resident in the Council's dwellings, 1909. 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 1909. The population thus dealt with comprised 28,195 persons, and the death-rate at " all ages," after correction for age and sex distribution, was 10.7 per 1,000 living, compared with 14'0 for London :—

Death-rates among persons resident in the Council's dwellings, 1909. 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 1909. The population thus dealt with comprised 28,195 persons, and the death-rate at " all ages," after correction for age and sex distribution, was 10.7 per 1,000 living, compared with 14'0 for London :—

Cause of death.Death-rate per 1,000 living, 1909.
Council's dwellings.London.
All Causes—All Ages10.714.0
„ „ age 0—524.337.8
„ „ „ 5—201.62.3
„ ,, ,, 20 and upwards11.815.4
Diarrhœa0.30.3
Principal epidemic diseases (excluding Diarrhœa)0.81.0
Phthisis1.31.3
Tubercular diseases other than Phthisis0.30.4
Bronchitis1.01.3
Pneumonia1.11.5

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Proceedinqs in respect of houses represented under Part II. of the Act as unit for human habitation.

Table: 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, 1909:—

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, 1909:—

Sanitary area.Total number of houses concerning which the Council has received in. formaoion that representations have been made from the 1/1/09 to the 31/12/09Number of houses dealt with by owners, without Magisterial intervention.Number of houses for which closing orders were granted.Number of houses for which olosing 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.
Battersea14--1414------
Bermondsey-----------
Bethnal Green-----------
Camberwell-----------
Chelsea-----------
Deptford-----------
Finsbury-----------
Fulham--------—--
Greenwich-----------
Hackney-----------
Hammersmith----—-—--——
Hampstead-----------
Holborn-----——--—-
Islington-----------
Kensington-----------
Lambeth-----—-----
Lewisham-----------
Paddington-----------
Poplar6--66------
St. Marylebone2--------2-
St; Pancras9—-------9-
Shoreditch-----------
Southwark-----------
Stepney-----------
Stoke Newington-----------
Wandsworth-----------
Westminster, City of-----------
Woolwich4--44—--—--
Total35--2424-- ---11-

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