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London County Council 1918

[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 carried out during the year 1918.

TABLE II. COUNTY OF LONDON. Statistics of the administrative work carried out during the year 1918.

Sanitary Authority.Cowsheds.Slaughterhouses.Offensive Trades.Smoke nuisances.Underground rooms.Overcrowding.Houses let in lodgings.Common lodging houses.Cleansing of persons and rooms.Water supply.Milk-shops.lce cream premises.Other food places.
No. licensed.No. of inspections.No. licensedNo. of inspections.No. licensed.No. of Inspections.Observations.Complaints.Notices.No. illegally occupicd.No.closed or otherwise remedied.Instances found.No. remedied.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 of London——7*——13811———11191764—145547311—124754——1,098984
Battersea1433293——3—337788380—21473173,15381622140306—16—1,093
Bermondsey——115131102255——2323223446—31,15352—1,740—2816939528849—
Bethnal Green1263341——————11238258—840032—3,689—21549419972215100
Camberwell4906982857————2121292——5466755,08067—4841,1632562473201,380
Chelsea——312——422——33———4236——582—98129242496118
Deptford——247521—————99289578—61,16041,042402322272691343113168
Finsbury12260122—————25251,0193,783—32286———1531846876238259
Fulham——26———42223226———29812177672121122453685—1,280
Greenwich3124713—24——11131324769—290—1,064516812616010372125251
Hackney131719501118117——3636470117—54161982,2911387272138106—4450
Hammersmith——7122——40610——12122,695270—2341——100—30766123424—8,810
Hampstead——431——142—24181212405781———130669—279026972864651,872
Holborn——11——9431133622573—161,194117—601115866—134002,294
Islington4182188976916111188———2484494,22613158680523564568,007
Kensington1506371——300363342422,0654,9882115391781,351258—1841.073189287352,281
Lambeth51613190336———585884843724,464—5582——53942741,644——
Lewisham77110123———————3329—130——802148264——5858
Paddington145423——255———13131,4043,616213165——63199125——308776
Poplar10141062656—44——22221,4424,632—79981594,4571,123—2376236818285901
St. Marylebone52131228622141429291,1521,164—57633,1162,723604183326117—341356
St. Pancras4810153252365—3337372,3646,619—43584804,5018541921450212949—3,543
Shoreditch33381——————1919283319—6373——253—2562,118——209474
Southwark324552313611551681681,3492,09029263,139609831,45265451,02620314561,348
Stepney296251162390202099154154741975—314,789223381,24314331,60394118334673
Stoke Newington13514——1021——11259259—13737665—6567———1,145
Wandsworth1048121314332966——33332927831617376—195—416611313208218279
Westminster16————43619196626261,1903,309761,6061056841575004811,373155301,5634,637
Woolwich1433936——2————5252448656—17493***173,667463—8410446——104

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Note.—In the columns above a dash signifies a nil return.
Common lodging houses, licensed number, 212 ; lodgers, 21,273 ; visits—day, 16,703, night, 441 ; prosecutions, 3 ; penalties and costs, £43.
Seamen's lodging houses, licensed number: Bermondsey, 7 ; Deptford, 1 ; Poplar, 13 ; Stepney, 38 ; lodgers, 1,486. Visits—day, 1,666; night, 85; convictions, 12 ; penalties, £139 2s.
Prosecutions—Milkshops ; Bermondsey, 28 ; Hammersmith, 1 ; Hackney, 1.
i . Offensive trades; Bermondsey, 5; Wandsworth, 2, * Continuous supervision during slaughtering.
Overcrowding : Stepney, 1.
Ice Cream.: Hammersmith, 2.
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