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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APPENDIX B
Borough | DWELLINGS | CLEARANCE AREAS Housing Act, 1957, Part III | DWELLING HOUSES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Erected by Borough Council | Erected by other persons | Total number in the Borough | Unfit houses | Other houses | Houses excluded from Clearance Orders (no longer unfit for human habitation—Section 24) | Inspections | Repaired as a result of informal action | Defects remedied after service of formal notice | Houses closed in pursuance of owners' undertaking | Persons displaced | Demolition Orders made | Persons displaced | Closing Orders made in lieu of Demolition Orders | Persons displaced | Closing Orders determined | Closing Orders revoked and Demolition Orders made | Houses demolished as a result of formal or informal procedure | Persons displaced | Rooms closed | Undertakings accepted | ||||||||||||||
Demolished | Persons displaced | Demolished | Persons displaced | Initial visits on complaint | With a view to action under Part II of the Housing Act, 1957 | Other reasons | Re-inspections | Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | Housing Act, 1957 | Underground rooms | Underground rooms | Underground rooms | Other rooms | |||||||||||||||||||||
By owners | By local authority | By owners | By local authority | Number | Persons displaced | Number | Persons displaced | Number | Persons displaced | Number | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Division 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chelsea | - | 37 | 17,020 | - | - | - | 881 | - | 13,816 | 7,709 | 87 | 34 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |||||||||||||
Fulham | 81 | 75 | 30,269 | 57 | 198 | 38 | † | 2,294 | 6 | 10,079 | 5,696 | 753 | 445 | 11 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | |||||||||
Hammersmith | 26 | 18 | 25,249 | 38 | 224 | 30 | 45 | 3,714 | 492 | 8,138 | 9,236 | 1,393 | 631 | 47 | 3 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
Kensington | - | 65 | 41,207 | 52 | 45 | 3 | 5 | 2,824 | 646 | 2,802 | 23,762 | 759 | 321 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | |||||||||||
Division 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hampstead | 36 | 366 | 24,706 | 798 | 18 | 21,969 | 9,349 | 617 | 133 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | - | - | 3 | 5 | - | - | |||||||
Paddington | 8 | 281 | 37,493 | 1 | 25 | - | - | 3,101 | 1,137 | 4,290 | 15,755 | 605 | 207 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | - | 59 | - | 83 | 51 | - | - | |||||
St. Marylebone | 30 | 147 | 25,043 | 65 | 355 | 11 | † | 816 | 101 | 320 | 2,919 | 471 | 56 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | - | |||||
St. Pancras | 421 | 50 | 29,393 | - | - | - | - | 3,563 | 106 | 3,101 | 8,148 | 1,342 | 1,166 | 27 | 28 | 14 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
Westminster, City of | - | 377 | 28,177 | 13 | 13 | 9 | - | 645 | 190 | 4,359 | 6,358 | 203 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 69 | 57 | 63 | 64 | - | - | |||||
Division 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finsbury | 212 | 20 | 9,602 | 33 | 641 | - | - | 1,064 | 4 | 6,922 | 11,519 | 451 | 74 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | 5 | 24 | - | 1 | 14 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||||
Holborn | 48 | 52 | 5,847 | 8 | 41 | - | - | 74 | 145 | 1,311 | 2,189 | 158 | 139 | 8 | 41 | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
Islington | 97 | 321 | 47,310 | 39 | 226 | 2 | † | 6,387 | 262 | 4,741 | 23,190 | 2,349 | 1,037 | 31 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 7 | 36 | 24 | 78 | - | 14 | 43 | 11 | 46 | 1 | - | ||||
Division 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hackney | 152 | 66 | 41,587 | 4 | 46 | - | - | 4,810 | 236 | 10,702 | 12,726 | 88 | 1,781 | 34 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | 40 | 76 | 31 | t | 2 | 1 | ||||
Shoreditch | 267 | 89 | 12,031 | - | 17 | - | - | 1,448 | 97 | 2,966 | 2,842 | 470 | 50 | - | - | 31 | 61 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | - | 6 | 17 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | - | ||||
Stoke Newington | 117 | 76 | 12,512 | 1,486 | 106 | 1,833 | 4,157 | 148 | 124 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Division 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bethnal Green | 215 | 133 | 14,687 | 93 | 679 | 20 | 54 | 2,736 | 2,298 | 6,096 | 5,231 | 1,218 | 653 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 40 | - | - | - | ||||
City of London | 12 | - | 1,030 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Poplar | 42 | 214 | 18,424 | 11 | 52 | - | - | 3,017 | 777 | 2,115 | 6,827 | 1,202 | 434 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 3 | - | 7 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | ||||||||
Stepney | 115 | 711 | 26,405 | 61 | 130 | - | - | 4,870 | 138 | 2,967 | 6,835 | 236 | 1,179 | 96 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Division 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deptford | 80 | 138 | 17,977 | 1,406 | 11 | 3,319 | 9,176 | 291 | 349 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
Greenwich | 68 | 331 | 25,120 | - | - | - | - | 1,779 | 20 | 7,483 | 6,564 | 402 | 126 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | - | - | |||||||||
Woolwich | 318 | 319 | 45,529 | 242 | 291 | 23 | 41 | 1,533 | 94 | 5,307 | 6,711 | 548 | 277 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | - | 5 | 16 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Division 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Camberwell | 737 | 635 | 45,664 | 26 | 164 | - | - | 4,560 | 375 | 24,583 | 12,125 | 561 | 1,207 | 1 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 19 | 19 | - | - | ||||
Lewisham | 278 | 271 | 66,307 | 9 | 15 | 16 | † | 2,513 | * | 16,143 | 14,000 | 262 | 459 | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 15 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | ||||
Division 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bermondsey | 224 | 194 | 15,183 | 1 | 29 | - | - | - | 2,017 | 12 | 2,631 | 16,148 | 611 | 177 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 9 | - | - | - | 21 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | |||||||
Lambeth | 134 | 353 | 57,077 | 21 | 126 | 12 | 4 | 3,452 | 85 | 21,264 | 13,711 | 707 | 688 | 84 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Southwark | 92 | 49 | 25,211 | 70 | 374 | 2 | 5 | 2,663 | 37 | 15,714 | 6,538 | 540 | 427 | 107 | - | - | - | 23 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 4 | - | 41 | 40 | 2 | |||
Division 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Battersea | 190 | 209 | 29,008 | 125 | 329 | 107 | 343 | 2,916 | 230 | 6,942 | 9,281 | 438 | 416 | 17 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | - | 1 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 9 | - | - | - | |||
Wandsworth | 339 | 489 | 121,208 | 14 | 97 | - | - | 6,353 | 21 | 16,013 | 20,134 | 1,051 | 347 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | - | 11 | 2 | 7 | 25 | - | - | 1 | - | - | |||||||
LONDON | 4,339 | 6,086 | 896,276 | 983 | 4,117 | 273 | 497 | - | 73,729 | 7,647 | 227,928 | 278,869 | 17,965 | 12,939 | 535 | 56 | 1 | 48 | 61 | 43 | 110 | 74 | 133 | 168 | - | 140 | 141 | 351 | 244 | 275 | 203 | 59 | 40 | 7 |
† Included in the previous column. * Number not shown.
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