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Holborn 1919

[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 InspectionsNumber of prosecutions.
Cowsheds000
Milkshops15975
Houses let in lodgings6ll1033
Ice cream premises3150
Slaughter houses12
Offensive Trades000

Smoke Nuisances—

Number of observations11
Number of notices6
Number of nuisances and complaints8 complaints
Number of summonses0

Housing of the Working Classes—

Number of houses inspected1350
Number of houses dealt with under section 15 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 19090
Number of representations by householders0
Number of Closing Orders1
Number of representations by Medical Officer..1
Number of houses included in such Closing Orders1
Number of houses included in such representations1
Number of Closing Orders determined0
Number of houses remedied without Closing Orders0
(A number of houses were remedied without the necessity for representation)
Number of demolition orders1
Number of houses demolished (a ) in pursuance of Orders0
(b) voluntarily0

Obstructive Buildings—

Number of representations under Section 38 of the Housing Act, 18900
Number of buildings demolished0
Number of representations still under consideration0
Number of Orders for repairs issued under Section 28 of the Housing Act, 1919 .0
Number of houses repaired by local authorities0
Number of houses closed on notice by owner that they could not be made fit0
Total number of houses in the borough9416
Number of houses occupied by the working classes9021 tenements
Number of houses for the working classes—
(a) erected during year 0 (b) in course of erection0

Underground Rooms—

Number illegally occupied0
Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued0

Overcrowding—

Number of rooms overcrowded4
Number remedied4
Prosecutions0

Cleansing—

Number of adults cleansed138
Number of children cleansed0
Number of rooms or premises cleansed104 (vermin)

Water supply to tenement houses

Premises supplied12
Prosecutions0

Sale of Food—

Number of premises used other than ice cream premises, milk shops and cowsheds394
Number of Inspections1061

Disinfection shelter—

Persons accommodated0

Ophthalmia neonatorum regulations—

Number of notifications received during the year from certified midwives..0

Sanitary officers—

Number of Sanitary Inspectors (whole-time) - Male3Female0
Number of Sanitary Inspectors (part-time) - Mal.0Female1
Number of Health Visitors - whole time1part-timei