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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

London County Council 1927

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

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Borough.No. of houses.No. of houses inspected.No. of notices served.No. of houses repaired or nuisances remedied under P.H. Act.No. of houses repaired under Section 3 of Housing Act.Underground rooms.Overcrowding.Houses let in lodgings.No. of houses closed by owner.No. of houses for the working classesHouses unlit for habitation.
In borough.Occupied by the working classes.Under P.H. Act.Under Housing Act.Kcpresen tations.Closing orders.Demolition orders.
Complaints or illness.House to house.Instances found.No. remedied.No. on register.No. of inspections.
No. illegally occupied.No. closed or otherwise remedied.Erected during year.In course of erection.No. made.No. of houses.No. made.No. determined.No. made.No. of houses demolished
Intimation.Statutory.
In pursuance of orders.Voluntarily.
By owners.By L.A.
City of London1,9321,015417223225161-138138---1174354-12824------28
Battersea27,90125,0104,3121,0583,2299253923,193442-117785125-9013------26
Bermondsey18,22118,0715,3833,9082,1684985,1332,1683,7966112,763400220450513925-----1637
Bethnal Green18,49718,4976,4628596,0854,421-7,559------170947-3444-------
Camberwell42.52334,0164,5255204,6331,61124,281----32679240265---1125----27
Chelsea11,7102,498941187886216-436----33140140------2--3
Deptford18,122-2,9682,8953,378199-3,378----Many cases5*—-----------
Finsbury10,889-1,366-2,079367-2,079--4413138694,383-4550111----
Fulham25,979-3,0712252,073325501.89027122-44---128187-------
Greenwich17,089M'j'rity968521,120147-1,367--11585119249-18394------4
Hackney35,14514,2806,5548455,2071,655-5,595--1062212511746-256------11
Hammersmith19,33812,5005,8712373,2321,200-3,216--1173582,495-523732477----
Hampstead13,071approx. one-hall743-940494-554--35354034911,309---444----
Holborn3,4738,571553-51577-515---15--------
Islington45,250tenemts 28,6008,4981,2964,66651316,105--101024241,0114,283-t'n'm'ts 19578------49
Kensington30,5749,2782,9302,1393,335849213,20964505088783,6088,549-38--------
Lambeth42,607-9,4213955,0123,5604814,908459-554242-t'n'm'ts 408150-----312
Lewisham34,420-2,3851,3771,900399-2,133--116296421,528--------
Paddington17,0009,1002,443-2,6916974361,327349-221751,4066,926---1641--4
Poplar23,24823,0006,3046684,9931,782-5,144----26113669-147--2----
St. Marylebone19,2878,2262,4789841,86995-1,982--811921921,07010,833-40-1310-----
St. Pancras25,21616,0004,2733103,1701,8092443,972234---19151,4595,243----------
Shoreditch14,02913,1296,6212,7565,7361,235-5,736--22172853031,281-18436-------
Southwark19,05014,03410,5234,21010,4993,2772,48310,71010710---7979623623-3716-------
Stepney38,40831,7318,0106,43513,3438,462-10,245--8687622,6392,625-119305------1
Stoke Newington8,6183,9768431298771100-1,791----11100115----------
Wandsworth73,01748,1488,2881,4354,600560-10,756--1114252176265458-988Not known-----632
Westminster25,321-1,4618191,08833-1,040--312746321551,2782-118120-----
Woolwich28,70724,1503,4812,6723,51386333,290--11313027327380-1,033462443---36
Total708,642363,830122,09336,334103,06236,5309,246108,71716161112031814,744148318,58551,77876,0272,34917477213-172196

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Note.—In many cases, it has been impossible to take effective action in the matter of overcrowding owing to the shortage of houses.
* New register in course of preparation.
Prosecutions—Houses Lei in Lodgings: Holborn, 1; Kensington, 15; Poplar, 1; Shoreditch, 4; St. Marylebone, 3; Westminster, 4.
„ Overcrowding: Camberwell, 1; Fulham, 1; Hammersmith, 6; Holborn, 1; Kensington, 9; Westminster, 2.