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]
This page requires JavaScript
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, 1925. | Underground rooms. | Overcrowding. | Houses let in lodgings. | No. of houses closed by owner. | No. of houses for the working classes. | Houses unfit for habitation. | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representations. | Closing orders. | Demolition orders. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
In borough. | Occupied by the working classes. | Complaints or illness. | House to house. | Under P.H. Act. | Under housing Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||
No. illegally occupied. | No. closed or otherwise remedied | Instances found. | No. remedied. | No. on register. | No. of inspections. | Erected during year. | In course of erection. | No. made. | No. of houses. | No. made. | No. determined. | No. made. | No. of houses demolished. | |||||||||||||
Intimation. | Statutory. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
By owners. | By L.A. | In pursuance of orders. | Voluntarily. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
City of London | 1,793 | 890 | 183 | 195 | 172 | 38 | 77 | 360 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Battersea | 27,947 | 25,058 | 6,639 | 1,052 | 3,312 | 1,341 | 15 | 3,555 | 311 | 1 | ? | 37 | 37 | 353 | — | 25 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Bermondsey | 18,596 | 18,450 | 6,227 | 3,343 | 3,403 | 1,148 | 1,016 | 3,403 | 1,015 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1,408 | 206 | 55 | 173 | — | 41 | 146 | 9 | 203 | _ | — | — | — | 24 |
Bethnal Green | 18,497 | Prac. all | 7,820 | 546 | 5,800 | 4,018 | — | 6,203 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 225 | 782 | — | 37 | — | — | 2 | |||||
Camberwell | 42,492 | 33,992 | 4,684 | 998 | 4,580 | 1,604 | 30 | 5,165 | — | — | 6 | 5 | 229 | 116 | 240 | — | fits 106 | fits 342 | — | — | — | — | — | 80 | ||
Chelsea | 11,777 | 2,434 | 849 | 630 | 219 | — | 377 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 25 | 396 | 76 | — | fits 17 | 132 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 45 | ||
tnmts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deptford | 90% | 2,430 | 1,755 | 3,458 | 1,078 | 42 | 3,820 | 35 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | !7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Finabury | 10,889 | prac. all | 1,909 | 1,481 | 2,722 | 448 | 2,722 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 754 | 3,009 | — | 103 | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | ||
Fulham | 24,385 | prac. all | 3,890 | 889 | 2,511 | 543 | 211 | 2,335 | 646 | 5 | 5 | 60 | 30 | 139 | — | fits 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Greenwich | 17,656 | 80% | 1,363 | 172 | — | 1,701 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 96 | 158 | — | 50 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 5 | ||
Hackney | 35,514 | 14,710 | 7,071 | 66 | 5,090 | — | 5,285 | — | — | 8 | 94 | 19 | 170 | 5 | — | fits 175 | 90 | 1 | 55 | — | — | — | — | 34 | ||
hses18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hammersmith | 13,700 | 8,490 | 250 | 4,492 | 1,896 | 4,629 | — | — | 10 | 9 | 89 | 75 | 2,495 | — | — | 146 | 56 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||
Hampstead | 13,260 | approx one-half | 1,068 | 1,295 | 1,198 | 787 | 44 | 1,007 | — | — | 56 | 15 | 105 | 65 | 1,295 | 3,797 | — | — tnmts | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
Holborn | 3,473 | 8,571 | 937 | 479 | 86 | 2 | 479 | — | 23 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 493 | 824 | — | 15 | — | 12 | 9 | — | — | — | 29 | |||
tnmts | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Islington | 46,000 | 28,700 | 5,942 | 1,442 | 4,573 | 580 | 24 | 5,474 | 24 | — | 16 | 32 | 32 | 1,000 | 531 | — | 157 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 54 | |
Kensington | 35,296 | 9,857 | 3,469 | 1,050 | 2,701 | 565 | 188 | 2,641 | 180 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 25 | 20 | 3,111 | 9,580 | — | fits 558 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lambeth | 42,607 | — | 13,072 | 362 | 4,188 | 435 | 362 | 6,132 | 449 | 1 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 127 | 200 | 5 | 4 | — | — | 4 | — | |
Lewisham | 50,000 | No rcrd | 2,850 | 1,071 | 2,420 | 824 | — | 2,380 | — | — | 7 | 4 | 46 | 4 | 24 | — | 183 | approx | — | — | — | — | ||||
Paddington | 17,000 | 9,100 | 2,084 | — | 1,148 | 485 | 489 | 1,547 | 416 | — | 5 | 4 | * | 1,406 | 7,055 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |
Poplar | 24,013 | 23,000 approx. | 7,423 | 1,063 | 5,158 | 1,780 | — | 4,406 | — | — | 1 | 95 | 114 | — | 116 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
St. Marylebone | 19,567 | 8,579 about | 2,257 | 995 | 1,570 | 49 | — | 1,521 | — | — | 30 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 1,055 | 7,481 | — | fits 21 | fits 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
St. Pancras | 25,216 | 18,000 | 6,718 | 880 | 3,140 | 1,338 | 580 | 3,047 | 512 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 2,125 | 3,358 | — | 155 | 143 | 5 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — |
Shoreditch | 14,026 | 13,126 | 6,023 | 1,997 | 5,126 | 1,126 | — | 5,126 | — | — | many | 136 | 92 | 402 | 799 | — | 54 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | |
Southwark | 26,496 | 14,610 | 7,465 | 791 | 8,043 | 3,721 | 2,403 | 6,917 | 1,546 | — | — | — | 32 | 32 | 357 | 357 | — | 93 | 86 | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
Stepney | 38,534 | 32,035 | 9,686 | 7,839 | 13,947 | 7,047 | 13,625 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 80 | 43 | 2,817 | — | 20 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 192 | |||
Stoke Newington | 8,670 | 3,974 | 1,433 | — | 687 | 67 | — | 1,419 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 |
Wandsworth | 74,656 | 49,140 | 8,735 | 2,957 | 6,296 | 781 | — | 13,874 | 4 | — | 27 | 15 | 166 | 224 | 267 | 119 | — | — | 72 | 4 | 160 | — | 1 | — | — | 38 |
Westminster | 25,321 | 6,694 | 2,245 | 853 | 887 | 58 | 6 | 871 | 5 | — | 16 | 10 | 55 | 386 | 1,463 | 1 | 160 | fits 298 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Woolwich | 30,253 | 25,500 | 4,813 | 2,351 | 3,549 | 1,004 | — | 2,772 | — | — | 7 | 70 | 44 | nt kept | 532 | — | 490 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 36 |
Note.—In many cases, it has been impossible to take effective action in the matter of overcrowding owing to the shortage of houses.
Prosecutions—Houses Let in Lodgings : Holborn, 4 ; Paddington, 14 ; Islington, 4 ; Kensington, 5 ; St. Pancras, 12 ; Stoke Newington, 1.
Overcrowding—Hammersmith, 9 ; Hampstead, 2 ; Holborn, 1 ; Islington, 1 ; St. Pancras, 2 ; Kensington, 5.
* Owing to existing social conditions official action was taken with regard to 9 cases only. f Includes 10 cases reported in 1929.
Housing Acts. A full account of the action taken under the various Housing Acts will be found in Volume II of the Annual Report of the Council, 1930.