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London County Council 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1911.

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Metropolitan borough.. No. of dwelling-rooms overcrowded,No. remedied,No. of prosecutions.
Hackney118116—
Hammersmith———
Hampstead1616 •—
Holborn6464—
Islington112112—
Kensington83832
Lambeth3939—
Lewisham2727—
Paddington207173a—
Poplar183183—
St. Marylebone8585—
St. Pancras159159—
Shoreditch148148—
Southwark104104—
Stepney5485471
Stoke Newington1010—
Wandsworth9191—
Westminster, City of107107—
Woolwich9797—
Totals3,0282,9767

(a) No action taken in 34 cases, the deficiency of air space being very slight.
Houses let in lodgings.

The following table has been compiled from the annual reports of medical officers of health, and shows the number of houses let in lodgings on the register and the number of inspections, notices issued and proceedings taken during the year 1911.

Metropolitan borough.Number of places.No. of Inspections,1911.%No. of Notices, 1911.No. ofProsecutions,1911,
On register at end of 1901.Addedin1911.Removed in1911.On register at end of 1911.
City of London248——247—305—
Battersea123——123330127—
Bermondsey2274—231924179—
Bethnal Green51730115362,006590—
Camberwell254——254490429—
Chelsea583—14569453194—
Deptford273——2732739—
Finsbury1,209——1,2098,824221—
Fulham114——114———
Greenwich95120—21568269—
Hackney46338—501393213—
Hammersmith4,6231861,3143,495—678—
Hampstead36461—425748868
Holborn6414126331,002188—
Islington(a)(a)8,2179081
Kensington2,091——2,0917,6251,03211

Registration
and inspection
of houses
let in
lodgings.
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(a) No register is now kept, under the Borough of Islington's new by-laws, but during the year there
were 1,022 houses on the lists for inspection.