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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Borough | No. of houses in borough | Public Health Act | Housing Acts, 1936 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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No. of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness | No. of statutory notices served | No. of prosecutions | No. of houses repaired or nuisances remedied | No. of houses inspected | Section 25 | Section 9 and 10 | Number of houses demolished | Closing Orders | Overcrowding | No. of dwellings for working oliisses erected during the year | Underground rooms | Houses let in lodgings | ||||||||||||
No. of houses represented | No. of houses demolished | iNO. Ot houses repaired | No. of families overcrowded | No. of families alternative accom. obtained | Xo. occupied but unlit | No. closed or modified occupation approved | No. of closing orders determined | No. in borough | No. of inspections | No. of prosecutions | No. of complaints ' remedied | |||||||||||||
No. made | No. determined | |||||||||||||||||||||||
i*y owners | By L.A. | Section 11 | Voluntarily | |||||||||||||||||||||
City of London | 1,100 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 7 | _ | _ | 3 | 1 | 5 | _ | 19 | 9 | __ | — | ||||||||
Battersca | 27,480 | 4,132 | 1,816 | 202 | 8,756 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 151 | 69 | 115 | * | 14 | 1 | * | * | * | * |
Bermondsey | 15,735 | 4,470 | 4,510 | 48 | 4,210 | 560 | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | 6 | 215 | 171 | 42 | 855 | 2 | — | 397 | 28 | — | 5 | |
Bethnal Green | 15,827 | 4,475 | 4,389 | 128 | 2,506 | 182 | — | 9 | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | 672 | 330 | 83 | * | 5 | — | 180 | 405 | — | — |
Camberwell | 40,852 | 7,621 | 2.098 | 147 | 3,823 | — | — | 16 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 171 | 129 | 192 | * | 20 | 15 | * | ‡ | — | ||
Chelsea | 15,630 | 3,002 | 413 | 12 | 178 | 315 | _ | _ | 71 | 28 | 4 | — | — | 52 | 67 | 32 | — | — | 575 | * | — | |||
Deptford | 16,155 | 3,539 | 972 | 14 | 2,495 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 127 | 88 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | * | — | — | — | ||
Finsbury | 8,065 | 5,603 | 102 | 14 | 774 | 44 | — | — | — | — | 60 | 4 | 4 | 1,200 | 55 | 200 | 1,200 | 17 | 16 | 456 | — | — | 2 | |
Fulham | 32,048 | 4,981 | 2,120 | 461 | 3,811 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | — | 103 | 51 | 190 | 255 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Greenwich | 22,155 | 2.188 | 231 | 6 | 1,519 | 274 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 286 | 110 | 369 | 67 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 27 | — | ||
Hackney | 39,776 | 8,638 | MM | 184 | 165 | — | _ | 219 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 8 | _ | 1.145 | 451 | 327 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | |||
Hammersmith | 35,760 | 1.197 | 2,064 | 334 | 2,194 | — | 10 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 243 | 8H | 73 | * | 15 | 12 | 9,600 | — | j | |
Hampstead | 20,665 | 3,071 | 119 | 11 | 1,960 | 33 | — | — | 14 | 70 | 128 | 492 | 20 | — | 1,573 | 1,040 | — | 820 | ||||||
Holborn | 5,725 | 713 | 44 | 4 | 595 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | 180 | 47 | 490 | 14 | — | 299 | 270 | — | 41 | ||
Islington | 44,076 | 10,070 | 6,850 | 260 | 7,191 | 724 | 38 | — | 1 | 1 | 17 | 47 | 602 | 369 | 198 | * | 27 | 2 | * | * | — | |||
Kensington | 37,006 | 4,812 | 1,125 | 70 | 2,397 | 955 | 48 | 20 | 55 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | — | 254 | 128 | 124 | 3,872 | 38 | 45 | 4,000 | 3,110 | ‡ | ‡ |
Lambeth | 51,410 | 12,890 | 2,074 | 335 | 5,921 | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 100 | 84 | 192 | * | 2 | 1 | * | + + | ||
Lewisham | 61,800 | 3,402 | 1,056 | 63 | 9,923 | 180 | — | — | 38 | 7 | 16 | — | 5 | 1 | 158 | 102 | 163 | — | — | — | * | 2 | — | — |
Faddington | 23,319 | 5,370 | 1,093 | 35 | 1,965 | — | — | — | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 554 | 269 | 18 | * | 236 | 10 | 5,879 | 1,342 | 201 | |
Poplar | 17,328 | 3,669 | 1,317 | 88 | 3,438 | 129 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 144 | 101 | 48 | 1,840 | 7 | — | 144 | 13 | - | — |
St. Marylebone | 22,772 | 2,567 | 298 | 8 | 802 | 28 | _ | 28 | _ | — | — | 4 | 4 | 1 | 170 | 47 | 124 | 2,280 | 20 | 3 | 1,867 | 8 745 | 2 | 53 |
St. Pancras. | 26,834 | 6,666 | 3,277 | 148 | 5,367 | 166 | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | 10 | — | 484 | 689 | 233 | 1 000 | 170 | 16 | 5,000 | ♦ ♦ | 46 | — |
Shoreditch | 11,510 | 5,142 | 515 | 24 | 4,189 | 3,047 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 482 | 92 | 169 | 258 | 9 | — | * | * | * | • |
Southwark | 24,571 | 4,383 | 1,077 | 13 | 2,305 | 283 | 26 | — | — | — | 4 | 136 | 2 | — | 216 | 112 | 102 | 106 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
Stepney | 31,561 | 8,181 | 1,327 | 34 | 4,976 | 39 | 13 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 217 | 158 | 115 | 3,760 | 77 | 39 | 1,770 | 938 | 8 | |
Stoke Newington | 8,500 | 1,826 | 272 | 9 | 1,162 | 33 | 10 | _ | 60 | 3 | 1 | — | _ | — | 53 | 24 | 52 | — | 6 | 10 | — | — | —— | |
Wandsworth | 95,890 | 11,013 | 5,620 | 87 | 4,930 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 151 | 60 | 252 | 12 | 28 | — | 3 | 11 | ||
Westminster, City of | 22,914 | 2,332 | 34 | 1,306 | 642 | 106 | 45 | 219 | 2,506 | 60 | 28 | 3,350 | 3,351 | 3 | ||||||||||
Woolwich | 39,105 | 7,093 | 1,142 | 41 | 16,986 | 382 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | 91 | 47 | 227 | * | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | |
Total | 805,658 | 145,455 | 4 8,948 | 2,781 | 111,605 | 8,196 | 145 | 75 | 503 | 98 | 185 | 218 | 76 | 20 | 8,859 | 4,054 | 4,024 | 18,745 | 1,076 | 198 | 35,134 | 19,291 | 52 | 1,134 |