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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Deposit gauges.—The following table shows the results of the monthly
analyses of (the amount of impurities, soluble and insoluble, collected in
the deposit gauges at Mount Street Gardens, mayfair, and at the Coroner's
Court, Horse ferry Road, together with the result of analyses of deposits
from a similar gauge in Finsbury Park for comparison.
Table VIII.
| 1933. | Figures in English Tons per Square Mile. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horseferry Road. | Mount Street. | Finsbury Park. | |||||
| Total Solids. | Sulphur. | Daily Average. | Total Solids. | Sulphur. | Daily Average. | Total Solids. | |
| January | 23.04 | 3.30 | 0.74 | 21.41 | 2.64 | 0.69 | 16.37 |
| February | 41.72 | 2.81 | 1.49 | 25.87 | 2.83 | 0.93 | 16.97 |
| March | 32.27 | 2..73 | 1.04 | 41.07 | 2.76 | 1.35 | 26.72 |
| April | 20(38 | 1.44 | 0.09 | 14.37 | 1.24 | 0.48 | 10.86 |
| May | 27 03 | 1.98 | 0.87 | 26.00 | 1.83 | 0.84 | 25.09 |
| June | 22.21 | 2.02 | 0.74 | 2311 | 1.53 | 0.77 | 23.66 |
| July | 23 13 | 1.66 | 0.75 | 24.30 | 1.80 | 0.78 | 17.42 |
| August | 15.74 | 1.43 | 0.51 | 14.92 | 0.96 | 0.47 | 25.58 |
| September | 25.51 | 1.93 | 0.84 | 16.96 | 1.82 | 0.57 | 14.25 |
| October | 25.74 | 2.83 | 0.83 | 24.41 | 2.29 | 0.78 | 18.33 |
| November | 22.38 | 2.09 | 0.75 | 17.29 | 1.58 | 0.58 | 12.24 |
| December | 24.63 | 2.60 | 0.79 | 19.46 | 1.81 | 0.63 | * |
* No results available.
Special Classics of Premises and Occupations subject to control
by the Local Authority.
(1) Common Lodging Houses.—By the Transfer of Powers (London
Order, 1933, made under Section 64 of the Local Government Act, 1929
the duties of licensing, inspection and regulation of common lodging
houses were transferred from the London County Council to the metropolitan
city and borough councils as from the 1st April, 1933.
There are 6 such houses in the City of Westminster, 4 for men and 2 for women and children, viz.:—
| Licensed to receive:— | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men. | Women. | Children. | |
| 16, Strutton Ground | 201 | — | — |
| Bruce House, Kemble Street | 716 | — | — |
| 33, Great Peter Street | 80 | — | — |
| 7, St. Ann's Street | 565 | — | — |
| 40, Great Peter Street | — | 57 | 2 |
| 28-30, Greencoat Place | — | 174 | — |