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London County Council 1913

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

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Report of the County Medical Officer—General. 71

The number of applications received and certificates granted during 1913 is shown in the following table:—

Metropolitan borough.No. of houses for which applications for certificates were received during 1913.No. of tenements comprised therein.No. of tenements for which applications for certificates were
Granted.Refused.Deferred or withdrawn.
Battersea3752-
BermondseyNone---
Bethnal GreenNone---
Camberwell37109554113
Chelsea1739737621-
Deptford296262--
Finsbury911All-
Fulham-51242010389
Greenwich321-21-
Hackney133131--
Hammersmith8522778-149
Hampstead9222-20
Holborn25-5-
Islington831247-
Kensington77168152--
Lambeth2984381026
Lewisham5198962
Paddington426251-
Poplar-None-
St. MaryleboneNone----
St. Pancras6-2342 blocks
Shoreditch29191--
Southwark1431,4131,413--
Stepney8705614-
Stoke Newington-----
Wandsworth306961-2
Westminster, City of5221220-1
WoolwichNone----

Applications
for
certificates,
Revenue
Act, 1903.
Section 35 of the Housing and Town Planning Act extends to common lodging-houses, at which
the charge does not exceed sixpence per night, the provisions of Section 11 of the Revenue Act, and hence
reference is made in some of the reports to the action taken by medical officers of health in respect of
these houses. In certain instances modifications and improvements of houses were made by
keepers with a view to their obtaining exemption from inhabited house duty.
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
Section 132 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, requires that every medical officer of health
shall every year report specifically on the administration of the Act in workshops and workplaces in the
district under his supervision. A form of table is prescribed by the Home Secretary for the exhibition
of those particulars which lend themselves to statistical statement. From such tabulated statements
contained in the annual reports of the metropolitan borough councils, a summary table has been prepared
for the vear 1913. (See Armendix XX.)

It will be seen from the following table, comparing the work done in 1913 with that done in previous years that there is little variation from year to year in the number of defects found. The number of workshops under inspection shows some diminution, mainly due, perhaps, to differences in classification.

1907.1908.1909.1910.1911.1912.1913.
Number of workshops on register37,89137,67337,78237,74243,03544,59240,864
Number of inspections, excluding inspec-tions of outworkers' premises81,17184,05884,17489,04089,99584,85483,897
Total number of defects found22,07122,01221,52221,88821,01320,94620,763
Want of cleanliness8,3197,1307,2567,2486,7256,7346,450
Want of ventilation652639727607681594810
Overcrowding295237278250253263237
Sanitary conveniencesInsufficient256278377262293281328
Unsuitable or defective4,2295,2555,3775,4025,5165,2895,611
Not separate for sexes388376292312277324344

Workshops.