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Holborn 1921

Report for the year 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health

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TABLE V.
Information required by the London County Council.
Premises.
Number on register
at end of 1921.
Number of
Inspections
Number of
prosecutions.
Cowsheds



Milkshops
154
174

Houses let in lodgings
601
905
1
Ice cream premises
64
279

Slaughter houses
1
8

Offensive Trades



Smoke Nuisances—
Number of observations 161
Number of notices 9
Number of nuisances and complaints 10 complaints
Number of summonses 0
Housing of the Working Classes—
Number of houses inspected 767
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 0
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; (a) 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 04
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 9416 tenements
Number of houses occupied by the working classes 9021 tenements
Number of houses for the working classes—
(a) erected during year 0 (b) in course of erection 0
Undf.rground Rooms—
Number illegally occupied 6
Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued 6
Overcrowding—
Number of rooms overcrowded 1
Number remedied 1
Prosecutions 0
Cleansing—
Number of adults cleansed 165
Number of children cleansed 0
Number of rooms or premises cleansed 69 (vermin)
Prosecutions (vermin) 0
Water supply to tenement houses—
Premises supplied 7
Prosecutions 0
Sale of Food—
Number of premises used other than ice cream premises, milk shops and cowsheds 232
Number of Inspections 1929
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