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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COUNTY OF LONDON. Statistics of the administrative work carried out during the year 1930.
Sanitary Authority. | Cowsheds. | Slaughterhouses. | Offensive Trades. | Smoke nuisances. | Common lodging houses. | Cleansing of persons and rooms. | Water supply. | Milk-shops. | Ice cream premises. | Restaurants and Eating Houses. | |||||||||||||
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No. licensed. | No. of inspections. | No. licensed. | No. of inspections. | No. authorised. | No. of inspections. | Observations. | Intimations. | Complaints. | Notices. | Houses licensed. | Authorised lodgers. | Persons. | Rooms or premises. | Tenement houses extra supply. | No. on register. | No. of inspections. | No. on register. | No. of inspections. | No. of places. | No. of inspections. | |||
Adults. | Children. | After infectious diseases. | For vermin. | ||||||||||||||||||||
City of London | — | — | — | — | 10 | 16 | 55 | 1 | 6 | — | 1 | 477 | 130 | 1,103 | all | — | — | 273 | 223 | 9 | 9 | 867 | 993 |
Battersea | — | — | 2 | 140 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 187 | 263 | 3,901 | 2,057 | 278 | 22 | 240 | 509 | 168 | 208 | 116 | 293 |
Bermondsey | — | — | — | — | 13 | 45 | 55 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1,188 | 49 | — | 2,110 | 589 | 9 | 280 | 568 | 121 | 191 | 119 | 553 |
Bethnal Green | 11 | 31 | 2 | 208 | 9 | 115 | 66 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 366 | 690 | 2 | 1,922 | 324 | — | 260 | 698 | 151 | 347 | 187 | 589 |
Camberwell | 1 | 23 | 2 | 181 | 10 | 30 | 178 | 11 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 438 | 55 | 4,064 | 4,410 | 435 | 16 | 430 | 1,456 | 235 | 239 | 172 | 198 |
Chelsea | — | — | 2 | 30 | — | — | 26 | — | 5 | — | 2 | 164 | 12 | 754 | 273 | 217 | 4 | 70 | 128 | 27 | 45 | 70 | 67 |
Deptford | — | — | 2 | 255 | 6 | 1 | 24 | — | — | 4 | 7 | 1,198 | 9 | 1,981 | 1,817 | 63 | —_ | 165 | 190 | 120 | 130 | 45 | 103 |
Finsbury | — | — | 1 | 106 | 3 | 28 | 44 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 470 | 9 | 4 | 1,192 | 294 | 17 | 131 | 197 | 72 | 113 | 229 | 308 |
Fulham | — | — | 2 | 113 | — | — | 291 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 84 | 3 | 10 | 1,753 | 169 | 44 | 153 | 53 | 104 | 213 | 98 | 153 |
Greenwich | 1 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 53 | 5 | 61 | 1 | 2 | 90 | 20 | 729 | 1,081 | 19 | 2 | 116 | 139 | 120 | 129 | 66 | 66 |
Hackney | 3 | 33 | 12 | 444 | 16 | 31 | 1,304 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 307 | 138 | 2,313 | 2,980 | 411 | 3 | 428 | 1,400 | 225 | 292 | 215 | 191 |
Hammersmith | — | — | 7 | 367 | 2 | 11 | 79 | 20 | 57 | — | 1 | 280 | 132 | 2,580 | 1,206 | 41 | 50 | 107 | 1,141 | 111 | 211 | 164 | 533 |
Hampstead | — | — | 1 | 36 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 692 | — | 31 | 10 | 67 | 178 | 54 | 116 | 61 | 87 |
Holborn | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 107 | 3 | 2 | — | 12 | 835 | 270 | — | 600 | 119 | 2 | 126 | 94 | 30 | 54 | 249 | 384 |
Islington | — | — | 13 | 716 | 18 | 73 | 128 | 18 | 93 | 2 | 21 | 775 | 78 | 5,492 | 4,713 | 103 | 96 | 420 | 702 | 250 | 121 | 461 | 479 |
Kensington | — | — | 4 | 204 | 1 | 51 | 157 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 284 | 293 | 3,762 | 1,796 | 349 | 62 | 154 | 450 | 136 | 162 | 141 | 1,017 |
Lambeth | 1 | 12 | 6 | 538 | 4 | 48 | 61 | 61 | 61 | — | 3 | 473 | — | — | 6,103 | 702 | 46 | 614 | 3,069 | 226 | 843 | 200 | 217 |
Lewisham | 1 | 2 | 8 | 785 | — | — | 141 | 7 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | 1,870 | 104 | — | 118 | 296 | 171 | 165 | 119 | 303 |
Paddington | — | — | 2 | 306 | 1 | 60 | 186 | 1 | 15 | — | 3 | 234 | 30 | 3 | norcrd | 96 | 51 | 115 | 425 | 126 | 250 | 120 | 210 |
Poplar | 3 | 20 | 7 | 52 | 7 | 6 | 61 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 636 | 112 | 1,192 | 1,746 | 97 | 1 | 118 | 267 | 112 | 251 | 792 | 1,986 |
St. Marylebone | — | — | 1 | 50 | 3 | 56 | 297 | — | 6 | — | 4 | 739 | 3,472 | 3,335 | 1,032 | 391 | 9 | 113 | 326 | 68 | 120 | 386 | 859 |
St. Pancras | — | — | 4 | 180 | 1 | 39 | 371 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 78 | 1,211 | 5,864 | 1,736 | 201 | 118 | 318 | 735 | 231 | 257 | 280 | 694 |
Shoreditch | 2 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 748 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 284 | 6 | — | 1,999 | 31 | 35 | 273 | 863 | 96 | 226 | 189 | 456 |
Southwark | — | — | 4 | 114 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 20 | 2,353 | 1,301 | 3,316 | 7,716 | 907 | 6 | 367 | 1,774 | 176 | 704 | 376 | 1,504 |
Stepney | 19 | 110 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 221 | 268 | 29 | 66 | 3 | 20 | 2,919 | 556 | 215 | 2,796 | 349 | 6 | 372 | 1,197 | 246 | 440 | 347 | 493 |
Stoke Newington | — | — | 4 | 39 | — | — | 13 | 1 | 19 | — | — | — | — | 1,332 | 444 | 128 | 3 | 66 | 56 | 35 | 27 | 32 | 53 |
Wandsworth | 1 | 24 | 6 | 735 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 6 | 31 | 1 | — | — | 244 | 15 | 4,565 | 1,135 | 4 | 307 | 1,318 | 497 | 591 | 322 | 630 |
Westminster | — | — | — | — | — | — | 755 | 16 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 1,750 | 520 | 380 | 744 | 71 | 21 | 177 | 314 | 76 | 44 | 1,153 | 1,596 |
Woolwich | 7 | 109 | 6 | 21 | — | — | 40 | 7 | 43 | — | 9 | 318 | 21 | 1,863 | 1,117 | 41 | 1 | 94 | 403 | 122 | 280 | 154 | 324 |
Note.—In the columns above a dash signifies a nil return.
Common lodging houses licensed by the Council (i.e., excluding those in the City of London) number 152 ; lodgers, 16,450. Visits—day, 6,953, night, 182.
Seamen's lodging houses, number licensed, 22 ; Poplar, 3 ; Stepney, 19 ; lodgers, 864. Visits—day, 629 ; night, 30 ;
Prosecutions—Smoke Nuisances. Battersea, 1, £4 4s. Od. costs; Bermondsev, 2, (40s. and £10); Camberwell, 1, £3 3s. Od. costs; Kensington, 1, £1 (Order
made prohibiting recurrence); Westminster, 2 (Orders made for abatements (1), £2 2s. Od. (1) £21 costs. Water Supply. Hammersmith, 4; St.
Pancras, 2; Westminster, 1. Ice Cream Premises. Stepney, 2. Milkshops. Islington, 1 ; City of London, 2; Battersea, 3.