Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 | ... | ... | ... |
Milkshops | 129 | 96 | ... |
Registered houses let in lodgings | 515 | 884 | ... |
Ice cream premises | 44 | 223 | ... |
Siaughter-houses | 1 | 2 | ... |
Offensive Trades | ... | ... | ... |
Restaurants and Eating Houses | 244 | 405 | ... |
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