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London County Council 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Death-rates obtaining among 'persons resident in the Council's buildings, 1907.
The following death-rates obtaining among tenants of the Council's dwellings relate to buildings
with in the County which were occupied during the whole of the year 1907.
The following tabular statement shows the proceedings of the district authorities concerning houses represented as unfit for human habitation, and in respect of which the Council has received copies of representations from 1st January to the 31st December, 1907 :—
| Sanitary area. | Total number of bouses concerning which the Council has received information that representations have been made from the 1/1/07 to the 31/12/07 | Number of houses dealt with by owners, without Magisterial intervention. | Number of houses for which closing orders were granted. | Number of houses for whioh closing orders were refused. | Number of houses represented but subsequently dealt with under Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still closed. | Demolished. | Improved. | Total. | Still closed. | Demolished. | Im-proved. | Total. | ||||
| Battersea | |||||||||||
| Bermondsey | |||||||||||
| Bethnal Green | |||||||||||
| Camberwell | |||||||||||
| Chelsea | |||||||||||
| Deptford | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Finsbury | |||||||||||
| Fulham | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Greenwich | |||||||||||
| Hackney | — | ||||||||||
| Hammersmith | |||||||||||
| Hampstead | _ | ||||||||||
| Holborn | _ | — | - | — | — | __ | _ | - | — | ||
| Islington | - | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | |||
| Kensington | 7 | — | — | — | 7 | — | 7 | ||||
| Lambeth | — | ||||||||||
| Lewisham | — | — | |||||||||
| Paddington | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Poplar | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| St. Marylebone | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |||||
| St. Pancras | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |||||
| Shoreditch | — | ||||||||||
| Southwark | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Stepney | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Stoke Newington | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Wandsworth | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Westminster, City of | - | - | - | — | — | - | |||||
| Woolwich | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | ||||||
| Total | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | — | ||||
Proceedings in respect of houses represented under Part II. of the Act as unfit for human habitation.
The following tabular statement shows the proceedings of the district authorities concerning
houses represented as unfit for human habitation, and in respect of which the Council has
received copies of representations from 1st January to the 31st December, 1907 :—
Sanitary area.
Total
number of
bouses concerning
which the
Council has
received information
that representations
have been
made from
the 1/1/07 to
the 31/12/07
Number of houses dealt with by
owners, without Magisterial
intervention.
Number of houses for which
closing orders were granted.
Number
of
houses
for
whioh
closing
orders
were
refused.
Number
of houses
represented
but subsequently
dealt with
under
Public
Health
(London)
Act, 1891.
Still
closed.
Demolished.
Improved.
Total.
Still
closed.
Demolished.
Improved.
Total.
Battersea
Bermondsey
Bethnal Green
Camberwell
Chelsea
Deptford
—
—
—
—
—
—
Finsbury
Fulham
1
1
1
Greenwich
Hackney
—
Hammersmith
Hampstead
Holborn
—
—
—
__
—
Islington
—
—
—
—
—
—
Kensington
7
—
—
—
7
—
7
Lambeth
—
Lewisham
—
—
Paddington
—
—
—
—
—
Poplar
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
St. Marylebone
1
1
1
—
—
—
St. Pancras
1
1
1
—
—
—
Shoreditch
—
Southwark
—
—
—
—
—
Stepney
—
—
—
—
Stoke Newington
—
—
—
—
—
Wandsworth
—
—
—
—
Westminster, City of
—
—
Woolwich
2
2
2
—
—
Total
12
3
2
5
7
7
—