Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Planning Act with regard to the making of representations and closing orders—the figures for the years 1914, 1915 to 1919, inclusive, and 1920, are included for comparison.
Metropolitan borough. | No. of houses. | No. of houses for the working classes. | No. of representations. | No. of closing orders. | No. of houses demolished. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In borough. | Inhabited by working classes. | Repaired by local authority. | Erected | In course of erection. | |||||||||||||
1921. | 1921. | 1921. | 1921. | 1914. | 1915-19. | 1920. | 1921. | 1914. | 1915-19. | 1920. | 1921. | 1914. | 1915-19. | 1920. | 1921. | 1921. | |
Battersea | 26,124 | 23,252 | _ | 6 | 52 | 185 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 38 | 11 | 1 | _ | _ | __ | ||
Bermondsey | 19,170 | 18,880 | 20 | 30 | — | _ | 13 | — | 1 | _ | 46 | — | 1 | 36 | - | — | |
Bethnal Green | 14,762 | mainly | — | — | 179 | 31 | 34 | 5 | _ | 25 | 19 | _ | _ | _ | 2 | _ | 4 |
Camberwell, | 41,018 | — | 1 | 236 | 159 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | |||
Chelsea | 11,433 | 2,455 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | - | — | — | — | - | — | 8 | — | — |
Deptford | 16,966 | — | 7 | 109 | 119 & 18 flats | 5 | 8 | — | - | 5 | 7 | — | - | 6 | 2 | — | —- |
Finsbury | 11,157 | — | — | — | 30 tenements | — | 17 | — | - | — | 17 | — | - | — | — | — | 46 |
Fulham | 20,200 | 26,700 t'm'nts | — | 9 | 350 tenements | — | 1 | — | - | — | 1 | — | - | - | - | — | — |
Greenwich | 16,377 | — | — | 73 | 135 | 193 | - | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | |
Hackney | 34,710 | 13,000 | — | 40 | 40 | — | 29 | — | 16 | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Hammersmith | 20,842 | 12,639 | 27 | 335 | —_ | 37 | 26 | — | 2 | 6 | 38 | 1 | 4 | — | 25 | — | 2 |
Hampstead | 11,194 | 1,833 | — | — | — | 9 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 5 | — | 10 | — |
Holbom | 9,416 tenements | 9,021 t'm'nts. | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
Islington | 40,000 | 26,700 | — | 148 flats | 236 flats | 21 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | — | — |
Kensington. | 27,699 | 8,087 | — | 67 | 54 | 13 | 9 | — | — | 3 | 9 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — |
Lambeth | 37,710 | 28,282 | — | 140 | 70 | 7 | 38 | 17 | — | 7 | — | — | — | 7 | — | 6 | 67 |
Lewisham | 35,000 | — | — | 186 | — | — | 9 | — | — | 3 | 19 | 15 | — | 6 | 3 | — | — |
Paddington | 17,610 | 9,443 | 9 | —_ | — | 5 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 10 | — | 5 | _— | — | — | 1 |
Poplar | 22,472 | 22,472 | — | 120 & 15 t'm'nts. | — | 10 | 39 | — | 1 | 10 | 33 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
St. Marylebone | 21,400 | 7,266 | - | - | 1 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | ||||||
St. Pancras | 23,345 | 20,000 | — | 12 flats | 254 flats & maisonettes | 37 | 53 | — | — | — | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Shoreditch | 13,000 | 12,400 | — | 54 | 25 | — | 9 | — | — | _ | 3 | 17 | — | — | 7 | — | — |
Southwark | 18,470 | 12,116 | — | 160 | — | — | 4 | 37 | 226 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 32 | 15 | 19 |
Stepney | 38,914 | 38,914 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 27 | 2 | — | 6 | 59 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — |
Stoke Newington | 8,042 | 6,430 | — | 18 flats | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wandsworth | 66,189 | 42,316 | — | 718 | 246 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Westminster, City of | — | - | - | - | 2 blocks | - | 7 | _ | _ | - | 6 | _ | — | 11 | 39 | — | — |
Woolwich | 26,428 | 22,289 | _ | 205 | 60 | 18 | 40 | 5 | — | 9 | 32 | 4 | -j | 7 | 5 | 2 | — |
The subjoined table shows the number of sanitary officers and health visitors employed by the Sanitary sanitary authorities in London:—
Sanitary area. | Sanitary inspectors. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male. | Female. | Health visitors. | |||
Whole time. | Part time. | Whole time. | Part time. | ||
City of London | 9 | 1 | _ | _ | — |
Battersea | 11 | - | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Bermondsey | 11 | _ | - | 8 | — |
Bethnal Green | 10 | _ | _ | 10 | — |
Camberwell | 12 | 3 | _ | 2 | — |
Chelsea | 4 | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Deptford | 8 | _ | - | 6 | — |
Finsbury | 8 | 1 | _ | 5 | — |
Fulham | 9 | 1 | - | 5 | _ |
Greenwich | 6 | 1 | - | 6 | 1 |
Hackney | 18 | 2 | - | 9 | _ |
Hammersmith | 9 | 1 | - | 3 | — |
Hampstead | 7 | 1 | - | 3 | - |
Holbom | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Islington | 20 | 2 | - | 7 | — |
Kensington | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Lambeth | 15 | - | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Lewisham | 9 | - | 2 | 7 | 2 |
Paddington | 9 | 2 | - | 2 | - |
Poplar | 10 | 1 | - | 9 | - |
St. Marylebone | 11 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 |
St. Pancras | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Sboreditch | 12 | - | - | 5 | - |
Southwark | 14 | 2 | - | 10 | - |
Stepney | 20 | - | - | 11 | - |
Stoke Newington | 2 | - | - | 3 | - |
Wandsworth | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Westminster, City of | 10 | 1 | — | 5 | — |
Woolwich | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
London County | 304 | 29 | 21 | 150 | 22 |
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