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Holborn 1929

[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
0
...
...
Milkshops
127
...
...
Registered houses let in lodgings
502
1037
...
Ice cream premises
42
157
...
Slaughter-houses
1
5
...
Offensive Trades
0
...
...
Restaurants and Eating Houses
248
202
...
Housing of the Working Classes—
Number of houses inspected:—
(a) On account of complaints or illness (Public Health Act)
(b) House to house (Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925) 739
Number of notices served:—
(a) Under Public Health Act:—
(i.) Intimation 463
(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
(b) In course of erection 1 block (15 tenements)
Number of representations by Medical Officer or other person 0
Number of houses included in such representations 0
Number of Closing Orders made 0
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(Cenus, 1921)
Number of houses occupied by the working classes 8571 tenements (Census, 1921)
Underground Rooms—
Number illegally occupied, notices served 7
Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued 7
Over crowding—
Number of cases of overcrowding found; notices served 6
Number of prosecutions 0
Number remedied 5
Smoke Nuisances—
Number of observations 260
Number of notices 4
Number of complaints 2
Number of summonses 0
Cleansing and Disinfection—
Number of adults cleansed 125
Number of children cleansed 0
Number of premises disinfected:—
(a) After infectious diseases 772
(b) For vermin 208
Water Supply to Tenement Houses—
Number of premises supplied 16
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
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