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London County Council 1919

[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 1919.

TABLE II.

COUNTY OF LONDON.

Statistics of the administrative work carried out during the year 1919.

Cowsheds.Slaughterhouses.Offensive TradesSmoke nuisances.Underground rooms.Overcrowding.Houses let in lodgings.Common lodging houses.Cleansing of persons and rooms.Water supply.Milk. shops.Ice cream premises.Other food places
Sanitary Authority.No. licensed.No. of inspections.No. licensedNo. of inspectionsNo. licensed.No. of Inspections.Observations.Complaints.Notices.No. illegally occupied.Vo. closed or otherwise remedied.Instances found.No. remedied.No. on register.No. of inspections.Prosecutions.Houses licensed.Authorised lodgers.Adults.Children.Premises or roomsTenement 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*--879-1-44161483-145525400193-118472--933937
Battersea12233913232117784450-21473663,2143,85611139387863402931,654
Bermondsey--12913135744--99223446-31,15320-1,546-301877971124221,931
Bethnal Green1274318152021--1212231640-84001094,228-190835981372351,152
Camberwell24268728-181181--575729272-5466476,1321,493-4531,028229281309735
Chelsea--336--433-------4236--506-7515621307398
Deptford--248220311--1919289578-51,121-2,2621,224-229306130185118221
Finsbury--2322039124--29291,0124,588-1981-3521621756365233255
Fulham--210-----33_.----298-93179-1 172803698-976
Greenwich312445--18----242424724-290-1,173665-1278910372148272
Hackney151101927813101343-.—322447010-54162313,193278-2621,1681771976666
Hammersmith--7163--601616--1872,693655-2341--50101281,161161281-3,088
Hampstead--432--572235351010405707---348403011585315721084951,945
Holborn--12--1186--446111,033-161,194138-104121597531503941,961
Islington425201,0157189521023311111,07010.287-23804194,8384,832285946932429849110,177
Kensington1156368--16810103329292,0676,8701010465701,810842-177989190518381,071
Lambeth4813156336-1414424268683724,46445582-—.2489712871,722----
Lewisham6219148--622--1111430-130--65-129372----
Paddington145510--547-43881,4044,06443165--183-9917171943971,091
Poplar1032105155610106--28281,4483,911-61,0321623,887226-1885567173314773
St. Marylebone4563156276103-18-511,1525,013657633,1453,1134626618340296102351888
St. Pancras439143138791776625152,3648,275-31194235,1661,29819213436105132-5,464
Shoreditch3637--333-—•1515283112-6373--278242271,5345540193106
Southwark233563210833221031031,3491,465242,9861311,2791,704-5571,3945614259832
Stepney27634107289621215593932,5123,785-294,38228114,828-4131,42299191412907
Stoke Newington11414---------259282----16750-6565---554
Wandsworth83111128471555--2727292797-61733-353-434500317251216997
Westminster113----82355271122161,2004,341-51,58664885221204768431552107421,948
Woolwich1452927--516461--125049443678-16464213,73574-76764646118118

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Note.—In the columns above a dash signifies a nil return.
Common lodging houses, licensed number, 198; lodgers, 20,139; visits—day, 14,656, night, 370; prosecutions, 1; penalties and costs, £8.
Seamen's lodging houses, licensed number: Bermondsey, 8; Deptford, 1; Poplar, 13; Stepney, 33; lodgers, 1,381. Visits—day, 1,542; night, 76; convictions, 17; penalties, £118 2s.
Prosecutions—Milkshops; Hammersmith, 1; Hackney, 1; Chelsea, 1; Poplar, 7; Lambeth, 58.
Water Supply; St. Pancras, 1. *Continuous supervision during slaughtering.
Smoke Nuisances: Hampstead 1; Islington, 1; Woolwich, 8.