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Southwark 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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RENT & MORTGAGE INTEREST RESTRICTIONS
ACTS, 1920-1939
Seventy-seven certificates as to the state of repair of dwelling
houses were issued during the year under the above Acts.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES
There are four women's and two men's common lodging
houses in the Borough, which are fully occupied nightly.
Thirty inspections of these premises were made by the
Sanitary Inspectors during the year, 21 of men's lodging houses
and 9 of women's.
SMOKE ABATEMENT
Mr. G. Stubbs, the Council's Smoke Abatement Officer,
reported that the results obtained from the recording instruments,
which were in operation from February, proved that
the extent of atmospheric pollution in Southwark is a serious
matter, and in fact is far worse than had been realised.
This applies particularly to the Bankside area, where pollution
is so bad that it can be classed as one of the black spots in the
kingdom.
Comparing these figures with other places as published in the
"Atmospheric Pollution Bulletin" of the Fuel Research Station,
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The figures of the deposited matter as recorded on the sites in Walworth Road and at Bankside are as follows:—
| 1950 | Walworth Road | Bankside |
|---|---|---|
| February | 32.9 | 117.4 tons per sq. mile |
| March | 22.7 | 43.2 „ „ „ „ |
| April | 28.9 | 122.7 „ „ „ „ |
| May | 19.7 | 41.5 ,, ,, ,, ,, |
| June | 17.2 | 67.1 ,, ,, ,, ,, |
| July | 18.8 | 78.8 ,, ,, ,, ,, |
| August | 45.1 | 65.8 ,, ,, ,, ,, |
| September | 16.6 | 235.0 ,, ,, ,, ,, |
| October | 18.8 | 146.5 ,, ,, ,, ,, |
| November | 76.4 | 138.1 „ „ „ „ |
| December | 23.9 | 146.4 „ ,, „ ,, |