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Report of the County Medical Officer—General.
The number of applications received and certificates granted during 1914 is shown in the
following table:—
Metropolitan borough.
No. of houses
for which
applications
for certificates
were received
during 1914.
No. of
tenements
comprised
therein.
No. of tenements for which applications
for certificates were
Granted.
Refused.
Deferred
or withdrawn.
Battersea
.
(
'
. >
Bermondsey
—
—
—
—
Bethnal Green
9
IS
18
-
—
Camberwell
18
52
6
42
4
Chelsea
14
385
385
—
—
Deptford ..
13
20
12
8
—
Finsbury
—
—
-
—
—
Fulham
1,789
1,564
130
95
Greenwich
1
3
—
3
—
Hackney
5
14
14
—
—
Hammersmith
60
66
23
4
39
Hampstead
8
20
20
—
—
Holborn
9
59
56
3
—
Islington .
5
9
6
3
—
Kensington
18
41
38
—
Lambeth
29
87
56
18
13
Lewisham
44
80
*25
*1
*18
Paddington ..
5
17
*1
—
*4
Poplar
—
—
—
—
—
St. Marylebone
3
79
79
—
— -
St. Pancras
11
—
*8
*1
*2
Shoreditch
—
—
—
—
—
Southwark
33
74
74
—
—
Stepney
5
15
*5
-
—
Stoke Newington
—
—
—
—
—
Wandsworth
93
187
95
76
16
Westminster, City of
1
13
*1
—
—
Woolwich
8
-
*8
-
-
Applications
for
certificates
Revenue
Act, 1903
Section 35 of the Housing and Town Planning Act extends to common lodging-houses, at which
the charge does not exceed sixpence per night, the provisions of Section 11 of the Revenue Act, and hence
reference is made in some of the reports to the action taken by medical officers of health in respect of
these houses. In certain instances modifications and improvements of houses were made by
keepers with a view to their obtaining exemption from inhabited house duty.
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
Section 132 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, requires that every medical officer of health
shall every year report specifically on the administration of the Act in workshops and workplaces in the
district under his supervision. A form of table is prescribed by the Home Secretary for the exhibition
of those particulars which lend themselves to statistical statement.
Workshops
It will be seen from the following table, comparing the work done in 1914 with that done in
previous years that there is little yvariation from year to year in the number of defects found. The
number of workshops under inspection shows some diminution, mainly due, perhaps, to differences in
classification.
1908.
1909.
1910.
1911.
1912.
1913.
1914.
Number of workshops on register
37,673
37,782
37,742
43,035
44,592
40,864
43,774
Number of inspections, excluding inspections
of outworkers' premises
84,058
84,174
89,040
89,995
84,854
83,897
75,470
Total number of defects found
22,012
21,522
21,888
21,013
20,946
20,763
18,034
Want of cleanliness
7,130
7,256
7,248
6,725
6,734
6,450
6,264
We»nt ot ventilation
639
727
607
681
594
810
552
Overcrowding
237
278
250
253
263
237
187
Sanitary
conveniences
Insufficient
278
377
262
393
281
328
293
1 Unsuitable or defective
5,255
5,377
5,402
5,516
5,289
5,611
3,638
Not separate for sexes
376
292
312
277
324
344
255
Places where food is -prepared for sale.
Section 43 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1902, gives powers for controlling
the conditions under which ice cream is prepared for sale. The provisions of this section are now widely
applied and nearly all the reports give account of the action taken. The following table summarises
27715
* Number of houses only stated.
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