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 IV.
INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL
PREMISES.
Number in Borough
at 31st December, 1936.
Number of
Inspections.
Number of
Prosecutions.
Common Lodging houses
2
22
-
Seamen's Lodging houses
—
Cowsheds (licensed)
Slaughter-houses (licensed)
1
2
Other offensive trades
_
Milkshops
137
189
Ice cream premises
60
110
Restaurants and eating houses
479
574
—
Registered foster mothers
2
16
—
Nurse children kept
3
Seen regularly at
Council's Centres
-
Smoke nuisances.
(1) Number of observations 137 (5) Number of legal proceedings —
(2) Number of intimations served 5 (6) Number of convictions —
(3) Number of complaints received 6 (7) Amount of penalty and costs
(4) Number of statutory notices imposed in each case —
served 5
Cleansing and Disinfection.
Number of adults cleansed 112 Number of premises cleanse—
Number of children 0 (a) After infectious diseases 257
(b) For vermin 140
Water Supply of Tenement Houses.
Number of premises supplied 0 Number of prosecutions 0
Sanitary Officers.
Number of Sanitary Inspectors (whole-time) Male 4 Female —
„ „ „ „ (part-time) Male — Female 1
Number of Health Visitors (whole-time) 1
„ „ „ „ (part-time) 1
Housing.
1. Total number of houses in the (b) Number of houses de-
Borough 6,462 molished following represen-
(Census 1931) tation by Borough Medical
2. Number of houses occupied by Officer under Sec. I of H.A.,
the working classes 3,832 1930 Nil
8. Number of houses repaired
Public Health Act. under Sections 17 and 18 of
3. Number of houses inspected H.A. 1930:
on account of complaints or (a) By owners Nil
illness 610 (b) By L.A. in default of
4. Number of statutory notices owners Nil
served 59 9. Number of houses demolished:
5. Number of houses repaired or (a) In pursuance of orders
under Section 19 of the
nuisances remedied 180
Housing Act, 1930 5
Housing Acts (1925-35). (b) Voluntarily 42
6. Number of houses inspected— 10. Number of houses (wholly or
house to house (Housing in part) the subject of Closing
Consolidated Regs., 1925) 107 Orders (excluding under-
7. (a) Number of houses included ground rooms) 4
in representations by the 11. Number of Closing Orders
Borough Medical Officer determined (i.e., houses made
under Section I of H.A., 1930 13 fit) Nil