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Holborn 1925

Report for the year 1925 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 1925.Number of Inspections.Number of Prosecutions.
Cowsheds.........
Milkshops129141...
Houses let in lodgings5771,0506
Ice cream premises81264...
Slaughter-houses12...
Offensive Trades.........

Smoke Nuisances—

Number of observations604
Number of notices7
Number of nuisances and complaints7 complaints
Number of summonses0
Housing of the Working Classe:— Number of houses inspected880
Number of houses dealt with under Section 15 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909"0
Number of representations by householders0
Number of representations by Medical Officer0
Number of houses included in such representations0
Number of Closing Orderso
Number of houses included in such Closing Orders0
Number of Closing Orders determined0
Number of houses remedied without Closing Orders0
(A number of houses were remedied without the necessity for representation) 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, 1890 ...0
Number of buildings demolished0
Number of representations still under consideration0
Number of Orders for repairs issued under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 19250
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; 1 block, 37 tenements. (b) in course of erection
Underground Rooms— Number illegally occupied for which notices were served3
Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued3
Overcrowding— Number of rooms overcrowded for which notices were served4
Number remedied4
Prosecutions2
Cleansing— Number of adults cleansed (for vermin) (Males 120; Females 4)124
Number of children cleansed0
Number of rooms or premises cleansed (for vermin)94
Prosecutions (vermin)0
Water Supply to Tenement Houses— Premises supplied5
Prosecutions0
Sale of Food— Number of premises used other than ice cream premises, milk shops and cowsheds384
Number of Inspections2,884
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) Male3Female0
Number of Sanitary Inspectors(part-time) Male0Female1
Number of Health Visitorswhole-time1part-time1