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Holborn 1923

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, for the year 1923

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TABLE V.

INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.

PREMISES.Number on Register at end of 1923.Number of Inspections.Number of Prosecutions.
Cowsheds.........
Milkshops127248...
Houses let in lodgings5878504
Ice cream premises81240...
Slaughter houses13...
Offensive Trades.........

Smoke Nuisances—

Number of observations411
Number of notices10
Number of nuisances and complaints10 complaints
Number of summonses0
Housing of the Working Classes—
Number of houses inspected900
Number of houses dealt with under Section 15 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 19090
Number of representations by householders0
Number of representations by Medical Officer0
Number of houses included in such representations0
Number of Closing Orders0
Number of houses included in such Closing Orders0
Number of Closing Orders determined0
Number of houses remedied without Closing Orders (A number of houses were remedied without the necessity for representation)0
Number of demolition orders0
Number of houses demolished; (a) in pursuance of Orders0
(b) voluntarily0
Obstructive Buildings—
Number of representations under Section 38 of the Housing Act, 18900
Number of buildings demolished0
Number of representations still under consideration0
Number of Orders for repairs issued under Section 28 of the Housing Act, 19190
Number of houses repaired by local authorities0
Number of houses closed on notice by owner that they could not be made fit0
Total number of houses in the borough3473(Census, 1921)
Number of houses occupied by the working classes8571 tenements (Census, 1921)
Number of houses for working classes—
(a) erected during year 0 (b) in course of erection0
Underground Booms—
Number illegally occupied6
Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued6
Overcrowding—
Number of rooms overcrowded3
Number remedied3
Prosecutions0
Cleansing—
Number of adults cleansed125
Number of children cleansed0
Number of rooms or premises cleansed41 (vermin)
Prosecutions (vermin)0
Water Supply to Tenement Houses—
Premises supplied4
Prosecutions0
Sale of Food—
Number of premises used other than ice cream premises, milk shops and cowsheds375
Number of Inspections2652
Disinfection Shelter—
Persons accommodated0
Ophthalmia Neonatorum Regulations—
Number of notifications received during the year from certified midwives0
Sanitary Officers—
Number of Sanitary Inspectors (whole-time) Male 3 Female0
Number of Sanitary Inspectors (part-time) Male 0 Female1
Number of Health Visitors whole-time 1 part-time1