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Holborn 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]

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TABLE V.
INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.
PREMISES.
Number on Register
at end of 1924.
Number of
Inspections.
Number of
Prosecutions.
Cowsheds
...
...
...
Milkshops
127
149
...
Houses let in lodgings
589
951
2
Ice cream premises
83
179
...
Slaughter-houses
1
5
...
Offensive Trades
...
...
...
Smoke Nuisances—
Number of observations 510
Number of notices 4
Number of nuisances and complaints 4 complaints
Number of summonses 0
Housing of the Working Classes—
Number of houses inspected 007
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 representations by Medical Officer 0
Number of houses included in such representations 0
Number of Closing Orders 0
Number of houses included in such Closing Orders 0
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 0
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 3473
(Census, 1921)
Number of houses occupied by the working classes 8571 tenements
(Census, 1921)
Number of houses for working classes—
(a) erected during year 0 (b) in course of erection 1 block
Underground Rooms—
Number illegally occupied for which notices were served 8
Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued 8
Overcrowding—
Number of rooms overcrowded for which notices were served 3
Number remedied 3
Prosecutions 0
Cleansing—
Number of adults cleansed (for vermin) 124
Number of children cleansed 0
Number of rooms or premises cleansed (for vermin) 53
Prosecutions (vermin) 0
Water Supply to Tenement Houses—
Premises supplied 5
Prosecutions 0
Sale of Food—
Number of premises used other than ice cream premises, milk shops and
cowsheds 380
Number of Inspections 2,419
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) Male 0 Female 1
Number of Health Visitors whole-time 1 part-time 1