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London County Council 1917

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

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Table: TABLE II. COUNTY OF LONDON. Statistics of the administrative work carri^l out during the year 1917.

TABLE II. COUNTY OF LONDON. Statistics of the administrative work carri^l out during the year 1917.

Sanitary Authority.Cowsheds.Slaughterhouses.Offensive Trades.Smoke nuisances.Underground rooms.Overcrowding.Housing of the Working Classes Acts.Houses let in lodgings.Common lodging houses.Cleansing of persons and rooms.Water supply.Milk- shops.Ice cream premises.Other food places.
No licensed.No. of inspections.No. licensedNo. of inspections.No. licensed.No. of Inspections.Observations.Complaints.Notices.No. illegally occupied.No. closed or otherwise remedied.Instances found.No. remedied.Houses inspected.Representations made.Closing orders.Remedied without closing orders.No. on register.No. of inspections.Prosecutions.Houses licensed.Authorised lodgers.Adults.Children.Premises or rooms.Tenement houses extra supply.No. on register.No. of inspections.No. on register.No. of inspections.No. of places.No. of inspections.
City ot London——**——14314–l–11493__—191473—14558165–5801,48143110† 10281,575
Battersea263436316111121231311,661——996114149—21473202,62099541454891773131681,033
Bermondsey1_12813145671414——1010————22360—41,19648—1,90827381595669108,393
Bethnal Green126231513178———25251366—235964—840013—3,4001220670951802541,134
Camberwell710969827—48——5151————29239—54661265,178138—5441,1212763383801,642
Chelsea__39——322——55————_——4236872615—99140283099140
Deptford—_255518—————33————438363—81,231—9433,781—24735313674117222
Finsbury1325911213131551313151515—9082,564—32288———156165244223223
Fulham__250———84442222——————298—16312215965205496—946
Greenwich .. .. .\.3125103—93——551818———247251—31211,105171—12413710561—_
Hackney1340197311—1213——3838————470185—5416682,091—32881512929—
Hammersmith__7294—_2073——1212———2,693600—3387_—9822306734234153—3,715
Hampstead—_437——38241010447344—405970———7444413094205721094651,443
Holbom__13——14434455————623780—171,24754—£0—16511358494671,535
Islington329231,02578933426614—————261,13444,00117125869482352755910,308
Kensington1556416——36543221616326622,0657,4593126251311,889296—1909781901326342,046
Lambeth61214180336———49497676—_372446—5645.——465182551,530——462428
Lewisham98611121——1912——10101933341412—130——45—147198——6060
Paddington.. . ,145232——11913———52496388—1,4045,30893221——10541081334376302444
Poplar10341180635—1913_—17117197721,2654,510179941854,7611,139•—2656987651263966
St. Marylebone518314212211661515551,167——1,1581,2026101,1022,9143,0751,8662520319511763951,186
St. Pancras43012163246483191938381,625241,6232,3645,917—55044134,09890226223481129111—4,331
Shoreditch310310110——3——7070656———283435—7464—–—. —2721,7245989166525
Southwark334557315116466126126————1,3492,32316273,173828,02472973621,321205144611,165
Stepney .....2965513624566231616188188—2—741972365,37016212,858—4561,793962124291,477
Stoke Newington1—4___—12————11326——259—1374251—46596———387
Wandsworth114413239411034193—2626844——668292851—618559—17621412725330309213287
Westminster14__—1,23066443313133,070———1,2403,640561,60664522191364866931552391,2003,413
Woolwich ... ..1539933——2212295954,25144—43560918518172,783568—9611246–128153

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Note.-—In the columns above a dash signifies a nil return.
Common lodging houses: Licensed number, 235; lodgers, 23,236: visits-day, 18,240, night, 652; prosecutions, nil.
Seamen's lodging houses: Licensed number, 7 in Bermondsey, 1 Deptford, 13 Poplar, 36 Stepney; lodgers, 1461; visits-day, 1,637, night, 142; convictions, 6; penalties, £97
Prosecutions: Milkshops—Chelsea 5, Hammersmith 2, Paddington 1, Bethnal Green, 1; water supply—St. Marylebone 3, Southwark 2; smoke nuisances—Stepney 1, Westminster
1 ; offensiv^rades—Bermondsey 4, Wandsworth 4 ; overcrowding—Bethnal Green 1.
* Continuous supervision during the regular hours of slaughter. When slaughtering is required at other hours, the Slaughterhouse Bye-laws provide for notice being given to
the Medical Officer of Health in order that arrangements may be made for an Inspector to be present,
t In addition to these premises, there are Cold Stores, Butchers' Shops and the Central Meat Market, all of which are kept under constant supervision.