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London County Council 1921

[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 1921.

TABLE II. COUNTY OF LONDON. Statistics of the administrative work carried out during the year 1921.

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.Ice cream premises.Other food places.
No. licensed.No. of inspections.No. licensed.No. of inspections.No. licensed.No. of inspections.Observations.Complaints.Notices.No. illegally occupied.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 placcs.No. of inspections.
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City of London——7———94102——_11140cal—1455221,1343—557221——9251,347
Battersea1223393414522141112128585—21473404,6075,020311324101224642391,357
Bermondsey——1311311912118————223446—31,15343—3,227—3088491161363418,043
Bethnal Green126431912201111128219712—7395——3,098—1967321332962691,587
Caraberwell196392374105——15931671—5447833,16796—414874270293269491
Chelsea—326——6—————————320756401,497—679517307380
Deptford——2244152577——33189578—41,078—2,2131,845—13643978225112308
Finsbury——241333424522779493,579—1981—59—1341467179199258
Fulham——218120—301222—————294———4012030065220——
Greenwich3†421311711—3344———290511,39618—891078296179389
Hackney912219294——836821——188463——43131181,62718522271,587153157123146
Hammersmith——7212——13623166627132,70479—1292——20218761,6191 12249—3,023
Hampstead..——426——3331161622—————291,460538286271681615151,554
Holborn——18——1611096—116019051141,089165—697154174642792321,929
Islington4421892596184114333661,0338,761323805184,6357,348636254682426260617,246
Kensington. .——6260——340735515152,0796,11729467601,3681,17232163851181225790859
Lambeth31012168349204121366642423724,464—5469——4601223161,89616516533
Lewisham9669158——2333——171722———————137376————
Paddington. .145174——4131048—441,4044,38223165——488496282871024261,334
Poplar1027944423393816——22221,450481—69851613,600695—1851699722365...1,000
St. Marylebone3663154268401441111111,15210,014—57634,7733,517599321593621101563761,259
St. Pancras21881592967047451136252,3645,863—31085756,0252,103152115631632474,565
Shoreditch2213301458262——3610331391—5324——1,118242031,34172149210485
Southwark——5528271442251511,3491,245—232,8201752,95231,0561002761,76126263291,122
Stepney24109398263187938111156562,5124,028—273,9054653023,03224191,4421372604611,263
Stoke Newington1—429——15444————259————133058—6868824—541
Wandsworth3191012131211533——303029244616173271—620—4463753163388651,335
Westminster110————1,83852521912031,1501,784—51,5861141,294323444736421502106,0001,340
Woolwich1357842——256-33353125439431—13399262,331296—7214891195199226

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Note.—In the columns above a dash signifies a nil return.
Common lodging houses. license number, 182 ; lodgers, 18,827 ; visits—day, 11,987, night, 468 ; prosecutions, 1 ; penalties and costs, £2 18s.
Seamen's lodging houses, licensed number, 61; Bermondsey, 6; Deptford, 1 ; Poplar, 12; Stepney, 32; lodgers, 1,281. Visits—day, 1,387 ; night, 146; convictions, 11 ; penalties, £130 10s. 6d.
Prosecutions—Smoke Nuisances: Poplar, 1. * ' * Continuous supervision during slaughtering.
Milkshops : Bermondsey, 9 ; Bethnal Green, 1; City Corporation, 4; Hackney, 1 ; St. Pancras, 1. †Included in milkshop inspections.