London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: Notices served.

Notices served.

Public Health (London) Act, 1936839
London County Council (Drainage) Byelaws, 193420
London County Council (Watercloset) Byelaws, 19302
London County Council Houses Let in Lodgings Byelaws. 19384
865
Statutory Notices96
Defects found.
Defective, dirty internally550
Damp294
Inadequate underfloor ventilation4
Defective drainage251
„ roofs243
„ area paving, &c9
„ exteriors37
Waterclosets—insufficient ventilation and light10
„ defective139
„ direct approach4
Water supply insufficient6
„ absence of, in upper floors2
„ cisterns dirty, uncovered7
Absence of food storage accommodation2
Staircase lighting, tenements7
Ventilation9
Smells9
Rubbish54
Other nuisances14

Table: Overcrowding (Housing Act, 1936, Section IV).

Overcrowding (Housing Act, 1936, Section IV).

Cases coming to the notice of the Public Health Department during the year135
Cases in which overcrowded families have been rehoused during 1949. Westminster City Council 14 ; London County Council 5266

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Water Supply in Tenement Houses.
Under the powers of the Public 'Health (London) Act, 1936,8 additional
water supplies were provided to working class tenement houses during the
year.