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Holborn 1922

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1922

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TABLE V.
Information required by the London county council.
PREMISES.
Number on Register
at end of 1922.
Number of
Inspections.
Number of
Prosecutions.
Cowsheds
...
...
...
MiLkshops
15.4
159
...
Houses let in lodgings
591
932
4
Ice cream premises
85
207
...
Slaughter houses
1
6
Offensive Trades
... ...
...
...
Smoke Nuisances—
Number of observations 385
Number of notices 20
Number of nuisances and complaints 12 complaints
Number of summonses 0
Housing of the Working Classes—
Number of houses inspected 665
Number of houses dealt with under Section 15 of the Housing, Town
Planning, etc., Act, 1909 0
Number of representations by householders 0
Number of representations by Medical Officer 0
Number of houses included in such representations 0
Number of Closing Orders 0
Number of houses included in such Closing Orders 0
Number of Closing Orders determined 1
Number of houses remedied without Closing Orders 0
(A number of houses were remedied without the necessity for representation)
Number of demolition orders 0
Number of houses demolished; (u) in pursuance of Orders 0
(b) voluntarily 0
Obstructive Buildings—
Number of representations under Section 38 of the Housing Act, 1890 0
Number of buildings demolished 0
Number of representations still under consideration 0
Number of Orders for repairs issued under Section 28 of the Housing Act, 1919 0
Number of houses repaired by local authorities 0
Number of houses closed on notice by owner that they could not be made fit 0
Total number of houses in the borough 3473
(Census, 1921)
Number of houses occupied by the working classes 8571 tenements
(Census, 1921)
Number of houses for working classes—
(a) erected during year 0 (b) in course of erection 0
Underground Rooms—
Number illegally occupied 3
Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued 3
Overcrowding—
Number of rooms overcrowded 6
Number remedied 6
Prosecutions 1
Cleansing—
Number of adults cleansed 120
Number of children cleansed 0
Number of rooms or premises cleansed 55 (vermin)
Prosecutions (vermin) 0
Water Supply to Tenement Houses—
Premises supplied 4
Prosecutions 0
Sale of Food—
Number of premises used other than ice cream premises, milk shops and
cowsheds 238
Number of Inspections 2419
Disinfection Shelter—
Persons accommodated 0
Ophthalmia Neonatorum Regulations—
Number of notifications received during the year from-certified midwives 0
Sanitary Officers— .
Number of Sanitary Inspectors (whole-time) Male 3 Female 0
Number of Sanitary Inspectors (part-time) Male 0 Female 1
Number of Health Visitors whole-time 1 part-time 1