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 67.
County of London.— Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils during the year 1935.
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 | No. of inspections | Persona | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 432 | 1 | 19 | — | 1 | 4 | 73 | 1,249 | 73 | 15 | — | 73 | 129 | 25 | 25 | 1,004 | 848 |
Battersea | — | — | 2 | 127 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 69 | 194 | 3,791 | 1,651 | 411 | 20 | 314 | 445 | 229 | 191 | 125 | 240 |
Bermondsey | — | — | — | — | 15 | 103 | 23 | 5 | 4 | — | 3 | 88 | 94 | 3,566 | 1,272 | 1,683 | 52 | 290 | 727 | 145 | 293 | 135 | 441 |
Bethnal Green | 8 | 56 | 11 | 225 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 425 | 23 | 860 | 629 | — | 326 | 689 | 176 | 316 | 93 | 328 |
Camberwell | 1 | 11 | 1 | 101 | 11 | 32 | 151 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 141 | 51 | 4,789 | 1,998 | 1,232 | 8 | 517 | 1,336 | 383 | 409 | 204 | 337 |
Chelsea | — | — | 1 | 14 | — | — | 20 | — | 6 | — | 2 | 22 | 7 | 527 | 263 | 502 | — | 71 | 166 | 35 | 36 | 70 | 69 |
Deptford | — | — | 2 | 215 | 7 | 20 | 9 | — | — | — | 6 | 77 | 60 | 1,418 | 896 | 222 | — | 247 | 320 | 170 | 189 | 72 | 261 |
Finsbury | — | — | 1 | 87 | 2 | 75 | 216 | 6 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 109 | 13 | 7 | 785 | 552 | 323 | 173 | 432 | 135 | 187 | 277 | 309 |
Fulham | — | — | 1 | 90 | — | — | 51 | 3 | 6 | — | 1 | 75 | 25 | — | 1,001 | 355 | — | 110 | 538 | 213 | 105 | 92 | 188 |
Greenwich | 3 | 4 | 2 | 290 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 13 | — | 1 | 6 | 28 | 1,688 | 704 | 383 | 131 | 175 | 261 | 128 | 140 | 74 | 174 |
Hackney | 3 | 44 | 9 | 676 | 11 | 22 | 1,548 | 14 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 55 | 330 | 3,436 | 2,008 | 833 | 24 | 580 | 808 | 327 | 377 | 188 | 246 |
Hammersmith | — | — | 4 | 155 | — | — | 158 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 205 | 2,427 | 787 | 49 | 41 | 163 | 1,040 | 183 | 204 | 198 | 578 |
Hampstead | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 41 | 820 | 1,236 | 109 | 52 | 92 | 167 | 94 | 20 | 74 | 22 |
Holborn | — | — | 1 | 11 | — | — | 82 | 5 | 4 | — | 4 | 33 | 131 | — | 260 | 97 | 2 | 152 | 207 | 25 | 26 | 309 | 464 |
Islington | — | 8 | 461 | 12 | 17 | 56 | 16 | 49 | 3 | 24 | 344 | 64 | 6,251 | 596 | 68 | 228 | 399 | 690 | 480 | 253 | 598 | 774 | |
Kensington | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 61 | 4 | 14 | — | 3 | 67 | 545 | 4,556 | 997 | 527 | 96 | 140 | 521 | 221 | 453 | 170 | 754 |
Lambeth | — | — | 3 | 140 | 3 | 52 | 80 | 42 | 42 | — | 3 | 180 | 243 | — | 4,416 | 846 | 73 | 557 | 1,441 | 455 | 1,480 | 258 | 479 |
Lewisham | 1 | 3 | 6 | 397 | — | — | 32 | 4 | 11 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1,034 | 1,530 | 159 | — | 132 | 276 | 190 | 201 | 135 | 239 |
Paddington | — | — | 2 | 300 | 1 | 50 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 40 | 18 | 178 | 156 | 130 | 256 | 183 | 130 | 132 | 58 | |
Poplar | 2 | 26 | 8 | 51 | 4 | 40 | 58 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 88 | 118 | 3,062 | 1,084 | 634 | 1 | 111 | 347 | 237 | 270 | 885 | 1,999 |
St. Marylebone | — | — | 1 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 255 | 10 | 10 | — | 3 | 77 | 2,730 | 2,898 | 430 | 1,039 | 10 | 150 | 260 | 93 | 126 | 224 | 426 |
St Pancras | — | — | 3 | 205 | 2 | 51 | 337 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 2,762 | 5,880 | 878 | 225 | 98 | 426 | 636 | 321 | 291 | 297 | 554 |
Shoreditch | 2 | 16 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 30 | — | 2 | — | 4 | 39 | 9 | — | 870 | 131 | 60 | 280 | 894 | 168 | 291 | 238 | 473 |
Southwark | — | — | 4 | 302 | 4 | 14 | 378 | 2 | 24 | — | 27 | 66 | 2,305 | 2,938 | 993 | 1,483 | 133 | 438 | 1,630 | 253 | 804 | 418 | 1,807 |
Stepney | 19 | 128 | — | — | 53 | 261 | 155 | 8 | 25 | — | 17 | 296 | 180 | 2 | 1,309 | 1,210 | 3 | 704 | 912 | 376 | 597 | 330 | 459 |
Stoke Newington | — | — | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | 14 | 2 | 11 | — | — | — | — | 2,395 | 256 | 223 | 6 | 109 | 254 | 66 | 79 | 35 | 107 |
Wandsworth | 1 | 14 | 5 | 917 | — | — | 110 | 22 | 33 | 2 | — | — | 159 | 8 | 2,057 | 64 | 21 | 212 | 612 | 636 | 691 | 182 | 1,125 |
Westminster | — | — | — | — | — | — | 830 | 22 | 47 | — | 5 | 183 | 615 | 622 | 556 | 94 | 4 | 229 | 374 | 89 | 98 | 1,411 | 1.465 |
Woolwich | 8 | 65 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 6 | — | 9 | 71 | 13 | 2,421 | 1,109 | 1,481 | 4 | 74 | 211 | 205 | 265 | 186 | 380 |
Note.-In the columns above a dash signifies a nil return.
Prosecutions.—Seamen's lodging houses—Bermondsey, 2 (11 inspections); Poplar, 3 (41 inspections); Stepney, 10 (256 inspections). Cowsheds—Stepney, 3. Smoke
nuisances—Islington, 2. Common lodging houses—Paddington, 2; Islington, 1. Water supply to tenement houses—St. Pancras, 1; Paddington, 1; Hammersmith, 2;
Shoreditch, 1; Islington, 1. Milk-shops—Poplar, 1; Stepney, 16. Ice-cream premises—Stepney, 9: Wandsworth, 1; Islington, 2. Restaurants and eating houses—Paddington,
1 ; Westminster, 1.