Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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TABLE II. COUNTY OF LONDON. Statistics of the administrative work carried out during the year 1924.
Sanitary Authority. | Cowsheds. | Slaughterhouses. | Offensive Trades. | Smoke nuisances. | Underground rooms. | Overcrowding. | Houses let in lodgings. | Common lodging houses. | Cleansing of persons and rooms. | Water supply | Milk. shops. | Ice cream premises. | Other food places. | |||||||||||||||
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No. licensed. | No. of inspections. | No. licensed. | No. of inspections. | No. licensed. | No. of inspections. | Observations. | Complaints. | Notices. | No. illegally occupied. | No. closed or otherwise remedied. | Instances found. | No. remedied. | No. on register. | No. of inspections. | Prosecutions. | Houses licensed. | Authorised , lodgers. | Adults. | Children. | Premises or rooms. | Tenement houses extra supply. | No. on register. | No. of inspections. | No. on register. | No. of inspections. | No. of places. | No. of inspections. | |
City of London | – | – | 7 | * | – | – | 150 | 13 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 130 | Periodical | – | 1 | 455 | 20 | 903 | 325 | – | 339 | 463 | 72 | 123 | 916 | 817 |
Battersea | 1 | 2 | 2 | 333 | 2 | 4 | 119 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 85 | 125 | – | 3 | 201 | 311 | 5,063 | 5,968 | 17 | 128 | 369190 | 258 | 251 | 1,904 | |
Bermondsey | – | – | – | – | 13 | 38 | 36 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 223 | 446 | – | 3 | 853 | 72 | – | 2,225 | – | 202 | 589 125 | 125 | 509 | 2,420 | |
Bethnal Green | 12 | 51 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 9 | 3 | – | – | 47 | 20 | 207 | 786 | – | 7 | 405 | 1 | – | 1,780 | – | 239 | 657182 | 365 | 359 | 1,206 | |
Camberwell | 1 | 5 | 4 | 154 | 7 | 31 | 182 | 15 | 1 | – | – | 38 | 3 | 287 | 261 | – | 5 | 438 | 75 | 3,205 | 141 | – | 416 | 1,256 331 | 467 | 882 | 2,245 | |
Chelsea | __ | – | 3 | 40 | – | – | 16 | 6 | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | 2 | 172 | 4 | 609 | 428 | – | 75 | 145 60 | 72 | 90 | 200 | |
Deptford | – | – | 2 | 36 | 2 | 15 | 79 | 11 | 6 | – | – | 9 | 9 | 289 | 578 | – | 4 | 1,089 | – | 1,749 | 2,072 | – | 155 | 368143 | 170 | 28 | 95 | |
Finsbury | – | – | 2 | 103 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 909 | 3,929 | – | 2 | 470 | 5 | – | 85 | 2 | 154 | 181 SI | 125 | 247 | 348 | |
Fulham | – | – | 2 | 85 | – | – | 222 | 18 | 7 | – | – | 40 | 40 | – | – | – | 2 | 87 | 7 | 3 | 3,616 | 76 | 105 | 167 216 | 196 | 346 | 983 | |
Greenwich | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 9 | – | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 247 | 247 | – | 2 | 90 | 15 | 712 | 165 | 18 | 102 | 138138 | 142 | 180 | 1,145 | |
Hackney | 8 | 104 | 17 | 286 | 13 | 50 | 981 | 32 | 30 | 1 | – | 60 | 5 | 463 | – | – | 4 | 313 | 50 | 1,270 | 658 | – | 318 | 1,629 248 | 262 | 172 | 880 | |
Hammersmith | – | – | 7 | 277 | – | – | 75 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 2,499 | 14 | – | 1 | 292 | 40 | 1,547 | 45 | 13 | 86 | 1,667 131 | 135 | 873 | 5,732 | |
Hampstead | – | – | 2 | 16 | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 13 | 13 | 7 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 910 | 37 | 70 | 89 | 194, 68 | 121 | 595 | 1,380 | |
Holborn | – | – | 1 | 5 | – | – | 510 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 589 | 951 | 2 | 14 | 1,093 | 124 | – | 53 | 5 | 127 | 149 83 | 179 | 380 | 2,419 | |
Islington | 4 | 34 | 14 | 778 | 8 | 65 | 180 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 1,012 | 3,680 | 5 | 23 | 793 | 10 | 4,614 | 91 | 60 | 574 | 1,030 238 | 146 | 636 | 18,397 | |
Kensington | – | – | 5 | 294 | – | – | 277 | 13 | 1 | 65 | 63 | 31 | 31 | 2,904 | 11,081 | 40 | 8 | 416 | 130 | 4,261 | 1,572 | 656 | 175 | 692163 | 283 | 871 | 1,630 | |
Lambeth | 3 | 9 | 11 | 154 | 4 | 48 | 230 | 14 | 115 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 33 | 272 | 4,464 | – | 4 | 415 | – | – | 390 | 114 | 448 | 2,668 165 | 495 | 11 | 132 | |
Lewisham | 6 | 38 | 8 | 216 | – | – | 21 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 54 | 3 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 147 | 330 – | – | Not stated | Not stated | |
Paddington | 1 | 4 | 4 | 138 | – | – | 144 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 1,404 | 6,041 | 29 | 3 | 165 | 20 | 1 | 284 | 7 | 100 | 340 163 | 253 | 393 | 1,502 | |
Poplar | 10 | 37 | 9 | 62 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 55 | 48 | – | – | 24 | 24 | 1,453 | ? | – | 6 | 499 | 136 | 1,680 | 469 | – | 167 | 385 94 | 165 | 402 | 1,080 | |
St. Marylebone | 2 | 26 | 3 | 151 | 2 | 53 | 689 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1,115 | 11,798 | – | 6 | 763 | 4,387 | 2,916 | 750 | 27 | 143 | 356120 | 215 | 347 | 1,155 | |
St. Pancras | 2 | 30 | 6 | 140 | 2 | 87 | 719 | 37 | 24 | – | – | 21 | 14 | 2,365 | 3,681 | 3 | 2 | 78 | 1,172 | 5,244 | 1,514 | 85 | 211 | 957 324 | 402 | Not stated | 5,147 | |
Shoreditch | 2 | 19 | 2 | 38 | 22 | 66 | 76 | 10 | 3 | – | – | 44 | 19 | 305 | 1,917 | – | 4 | 281 | – | – | 355 | – | 256 | 1,665127 | 293 | 289 | 867 | |
Southwark | – | – | 5 | 57 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 7 | 11 | – | – | 62 | 62 | 1,272 | 772 | – | 22 | 2,758 | 842 | 3,252 | 14,871 | 25 | 342 | 2,090 157 | 162 | 516 | 1,843 | |
Stepney | 24 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 319 | 43 | 42 | 10 | 10 | 69 | 53 | 2,645 | 3,795 | 3 | 26 | 3,773 | 449 | 591 | 1,158 | 2 | 441 | 1,583 244 | 421 | 494 | 1,552 | |
Stoke Newington | – | – | 4 | 55 | – | –_ | 60 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 937 | 238 | 1 | 47 | 55 25 | 29 | 256 | 485 | |
Wandsworth | 1 | 10 | 9 | 105 | 3 | 118 | 38 | 27 | 27 | 5 | – | 14 | 14 | 292 | 932 | – | 5 | 126 | 15 | – | 470 | 1 | 256 | 675338 | 393 | 1,049 | 2,166 | |
Westminster | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 2,309 | 40 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 06 | 49 | 1,120 | 4,062 | – | 4 | 1,540 | 61 | 812 | 151 | 27 | 494 | 1,730 148 | 240 | 5,500 | 2,041 | |
Woolwich | 9 | 55 | 8 | 32 | – | – | 10 | 4 | – | 7 | 8 | 248 | 49 | 394 | 433 | – | 13 | 409 | 27 | 2,261 | 159 | – | 85 | 257 226 | 796 | 260 | 1,055 |
Note.–In the columns above a da3h signifies a nil return.
Common lodging houses, licensed number, 175; lodgers, 17,974 ; visits–day, 10,263, night, 478 ; prosecutions, nil.
Seamen's lodging houses, licensed number, 38; Bermondsey, 7 ; Deptford, 1; Poplar, 8; Stepney, 22 ; lodgers, 1,128. \ isits—day, 1,086 ; night, 97; prosecutions, 4 ;
penalties and costs, £14 3s.
Prosecutions—Smoke Nuisances : Poplar, 1; Islington, 2 ; Stepney, 2 ; Battersea, 3 ; Fulham, 2.
Water Supply: Hammersmith, 1; Paddington, 1 ; Kensington, 3 ; St. Pancras, 9; Fulham, 1.
Overcrowding: Shoreditch, 1; Paddington, 1 ; Fulham, 3 ; Kensington, 1 ; Battersea, 2. * Continuous supervision during slaughtering.
Milk-shops: St. Pancras 3; Woolwich, I; Battersea, 1. Ice f ream Premises: Bethnal Green, 1. Islington, 1.
Underground Rooms : Islington, 4. Offensive Trades : Hackney, 2; Shoreditch, 1 ; Stepney, 1.