Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE X. »• AS REQUIRED BY THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.
Premises. | Number on register at end of 1919. | Number of Inspections | Number of prosecutions. |
---|---|---|---|
Cowsheds | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Milkshops | 159 | 75 | — |
Houses let in lodgings | 6ll | 1033 | — |
Ice cream premises | 31 | 50 | — |
Slaughter houses | 1 | 2 | — |
Offensive Trades | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Smoke Nuisances—
Number of observations | 11 |
Number of notices | 6 |
Number of nuisances and complaints | 8 complaints |
Number of summonses | 0 |
Housing of the Working Classes—
Number of houses inspected | 1350 |
Number of houses dealt with under section 15 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909 | 0 |
Number of representations by householders | 0 |
Number of Closing Orders | 1 |
Number of representations by Medical Officer.. | 1 |
Number of houses included in such Closing Orders | 1 |
Number of houses included in such representations | 1 |
Number of Closing Orders determined | 0 |
Number of houses remedied without Closing Orders | 0 |
(A number of houses were remedied without the necessity for representation) | |
Number of demolition orders | 1 |
Number of houses demolished (a ) in pursuance of Orders | 0 |
(b) voluntarily | 0 |
Obstructive Buildings—
Number of representations under Section 38 of the Housing Act, 1890 | 0 |
Number of buildings demolished | 0 |
Number of representations still under consideration | 0 |
Number of Orders for repairs issued under Section 28 of the Housing Act, 1919 . | 0 |
Number of houses repaired by local authorities | 0 |
Number of houses closed on notice by owner that they could not be made fit | 0 |
Total number of houses in the borough | 9416 |
Number of houses occupied by the working classes | 9021 tenements |
Number of houses for the working classes— | |
0 |
Underground Rooms—
Number illegally occupied | 0 |
Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued | 0 |
Overcrowding—
Number of rooms overcrowded | 4 |
Number remedied | 4 |
Prosecutions | 0 |
Cleansing—
Number of adults cleansed | 138 |
Number of children cleansed | 0 |
Number of rooms or premises cleansed | 104 (vermin) |
Water supply to tenement houses
Premises supplied | 12 |
Prosecutions | 0 |
Sale of Food—
Number of premises used other than ice cream premises, milk shops and cowsheds | 394 |
Number of Inspections | 1061 |
Disinfection shelter—
Persons accommodated | 0 |
Ophthalmia neonatorum regulations—
Number of notifications received during the year from certified midwives.. | 0 |
Sanitary officers—
Number of Sanitary Inspectors (whole-time) - Male | 3 | Female | 0 |
Number of Sanitary Inspectors (part-time) - Mal. | 0 | Female | 1 |
Number of Health Visitors - whole time | 1 | part-time | i |