London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Camberwell 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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1891, and/or the Housing Act, 1925. These particulars are summarised
in the subjoined table:—
UNDERGROUND ROOMS. Housing Act, 1925 (Section 18), and Public Health (London) Act, 1891 (Section 96).
| No. Rooms 3 ft. below ground. | No. Rooms used for sleeping purposes. | No. Rooms | No. Rooms not complying with provisions of | |||
| Over 7 ft. in height. | Under 7 ft. in height. | Housing Act. | P.H. (Lond.) Act. | illegally occupied. | Housing Act, 1925 | P.H. (Lond.) Act, 1891. |
| 4,716 | 557 | 901 | 132 | 127 | *43 | †‡90 |
| Totals 5,273 | 1,033 | 127 | 43 | 90 | ||
‡ Includes 31 probable contraventions of the P.H. (Lond.) Act, 1891.
† Includes 6 also not complying with Housing Act, 1925.