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Lambeth 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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APPENDIX I.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH TABLE
Borough of Lambeth.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.
Year ended 31st December, 1926.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
| Area (acres) | 4,083 |
| Population | 311,000* |
| Number of inhabited houses | 42,607† |
| Number of families or separate occupiers | 78,399† |
| Rateable value | £2,035,086 |
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £8,332 |
HOUSING.
| Number of new houses erected during the year :— (a) Total | 265‡ |
| (b) As part of a Municipal Housing Scheme | I28‡ |
| (43 weeks.) |
I. —
| I.—Inspection. | |
| (1). Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 12,497§ |
| (2). Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 | 414 |
| (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 reason | |
| ably fit for human habitation | 414 |
* Estimated 1926. ‡ Census figures 1921. ‡ Representing 137 and 128 tenements
respectively. § 12,083 Public Health (London) Act, 1891 and 414 Housing Acts.
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