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APPENDIX I.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH TABLE.
BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.
Year ended 31st December, 1923.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 4,083
Population 308,500*
Number of inhabited houses 42,607†
Number of families or separate occupiers 78,399‡
Rateable value £1,989,290
Sum represented by a penny rate £8,032
HOUSING.
Number of new houses erected during the year:—
(a) Total 105‡
(2 blocks)
(b) As part of a Municipal Housing Scheme 1‡
(and office)
I.—UNFIT DWELLING HOUSES.
I.—Inspection.
(1). Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts)
(2). Number of dwelling-houses which were
spected and recorded under the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910
(3). Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a
state so dangerous or injurious to health
as to be unfit for human habitation
(4). Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those
referred to under the preceding sub-heading)
found not to be in all respects reasonably
fit for human habitation
10,052§
500
nil
500
*Estimated 1923. † Census figures, 1921. † Representing 115 and 1
tenements respectively. § 9,552 Public Health (London) Act 1891 and 500
Housing Acts.