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London County Council 1920

Annual report of the Council, 1920. Vol. III. Public Health

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Table: TABLE II.COUNTY OF LONDON.Statistics of the administrative work carried out during the year 1920.

TABLE II.

COUNTY OF LONDON.

Statistics of the administrative work carried out during the year 1920.

Sanitary Authority,Cowsheds.Slaughterhouses.Offensive Trades.Smoke nuisances.Underground rooms.Overcrowding.Houses let In lodgings.Common lodging houses.Cleansing of persons and rooms.Water supply.Milk. shops.Ice cream premises.Other food places
No. licensed.No. of inspections.No. licensed.No. of inspections.No. licensed.No. of inspections.Observations.Complaints.Notices.No. illegally occupied.No. closed or otherwise remedied.Instances found.No. remedied.No. on register.No. of inspections.Prosecutions.Houses licensed.Authorised lodgers.Adults.Children.Premises or rooms.Tenement houses extra supply.No. on register.No. of inspections.No. on register.No. of inspections.No. of places.No. of Inspections.
City of London——7*——16611———33153459—145521504153—121484——9371,177
Battersea12347224159532266121289267—21474194,2133,61051134465663662261,329
Bermondsey——1—127316—8————223446—31,15331—2,728—292437923053253,535
Bethnal Green12593141374104————2436303739521———1946901072052491,244
Camberwell1136411191144———5531787—5460524,9912,548—434779270272293480
Chelsea——340——222———————320752301,061_6615017177070
Deptford——255216———————289578—51,116—2,655——189293129114117282
F1nsbury——27822046443——13139543,445—198——8761121175966196258
Fulham——212————————————294—2951,230—12229040103—1,100
Greenwich3112532——25931166———290101,508————5462170256
Hackney1012819284141792119——23747063—54161902,41055812401,3661601418958
Hammersmith——7268——2202219332352,718550—1292——16410742,000166449?3,142
Hampstead——424——293—34341313405663———261,525428685260721185151,545
Holborn——15——54115442260384131161,155194—89715618131734422,493
Islington125188107486463233771,0588,167323752275,3235,67868608577242444869,948
Kensington1—6391——2827—4421212,0674,92149467562,1401,0212178937195427621,097
Lambeth41012168336681212——18183724,464—5469——262182591,554————
Lewisham8669140——2345——9*9248—————40—137254————
Paddington145320——116741515551,4042,720353165——1412100250751094001,412
Poplar102397851866924——14141,448——61,0321744,305707—1942098344311926
St. Marylebone4583159270187266111,1526,621—57633,5623,11361035186405901063531,252
St. Pancras21391442394773042242302,3647,574—31198647,4041,93214211604125208—4,612
Shoreditch26312——1161——3131283366—5324——702841941,512?63248451
Southwark11353921217610111031031,3491,3242232,9201392,2021,811705181,54851493811,199
Stepney2581497302576238121262622,5125,8573283,96834564,45654201,6161192244111,296
Stoke Newington14412——2161————259————23836516886618?597
Wandsworth22612112471231717——42422926815617394—384—441442313232242590
Westminster115————2,12329284320151,1643,241151,586881,183196694796061553006,0001,066
Woolwich1443834——187—74390118449697—13402293,63322937216591195187129

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Note.—In the columns above a dash signifies a nil return.
Common lodging houses, licensed number, 187; lodgers, 19,218; visits—day, 12,811, night, 343 ; prosecutions, 1; penalties and costs, £3,
Seamen's lodging houses, licensed number: 53; Bermondsey, 7; Deptford, 1; Poplar, 14; Stepney, 31; lodgers, 1,298. Visits—day, 1,496; night, 109; convictions, 6; penalties, £91 10s.
Prosecutions—Smoke Nuisances: Greenwich, 2; Hackney, 3; Poplar, 4.
Water Supply: St. Pancras, 1; Shoreditch, 2; Bethnal Green, 3; St. Marylebone, 1.
Overcrowding: Chelsea, 1.
Milkshops: Wandsworth, 1; Poplar, 3; Chelsea, 2 ; Stepney, 3; Bermondsey, 5; Bethnal Green, 1. * Continuous supervision during slaughtering.
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