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Holborn 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]

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TABLE V.

INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.

PREMISES.Number in Borough at end of 1928.Number of Inspections.Number of Prosecutions.
Cowsheds.........
Milkshops12996...
Registered houses let in lodgings515884...
Ice cream premises44223...
Siaughter-houses12...
Offensive Trades.........
Restaurants and Eating Houses244405...

Housing of the Working Classes—
Number of houses inspected:—
(a) On account of complaints or illness (Public Health Act) 1090
(b) House to house (Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925)
Number of notices served:—
(a) Under Public Health Act:—
(i.) Intimation 436
(ii.) Statutory 58
(b) Under Housing Act 0
Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied under Public Health Act 436
Number of houses repaired under Section 3 of Housing Act:—
(a) By owners 0
(b) By local authority in default of owners 0
Number of houses closed on notice by owner that they could not be made fit 0
Number of houses for the working classes:—
(a) Erected during year 0
1 block (15 tene
(b) In course of erection ments)
Number of representations by Medical Officer or other person 2
Number of houses included in Buch representations 2
Number of Closing Orders made 2
Number of Closing Orders determined (i.e., houses made fit) 0
Number of Demolition Orders 0
Number of houses demolished:—
(a) In pursuance of Orders 0
(b) Voluntarily 0
Total number of houses in the borough 3473
(Census, 1921)
Number of houses occupied by the working classes 8571 tenements
(Census, 1921)
Underground Rooms—
Number illegally occupied, notices served 3
Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued 3
o vellchowding—
Number of cases of overcrowding found; notices served
Number of prosecutions 0
Number remedied 2
Smoke Nuisances—
Number of observations 432
Number of notices 6
Number of complaints
Number of summonses 0
Cleansing and Disinfection—
Number of adults cleansed 135
Number of children cleansed 0
Number of premises disinfected:—
(a) After infectious diseases 408
(b) For vermin 70
Water Supply to Tenement Houses—
Number of premises supplied
Number of prosecutions 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