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London County Council 1922

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

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Table: TABLE II. COUNTY OP LONDON. Statistics of the administrative work carried out during the year 1922.

TABLE II. COUNTY OP LONDON. Statistics of the administrative work carried out during the year 1922.

Sanitary Authority.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 1 extra supply.No. on register.No. of inspections.No. on register.No. of inspections.No. of places.No. of inspections.
City of London--7*--11511---11142Period ical-1455271,0845-55794290479431,157
Battersea1223113101301813338885165-32012744,4443,737311303191483362381,657
Bermondsey--130133611-7----223446-385335-3,407313128971311693584,562
Bethnal Green12613251-41106331717209908-738830-3,617-2168071393432911,673
Camberwell145882252122--144318122-5438893,273124-4501,164321460276649
Chelsea--375--8----44---3208-99621168116174776100
Deptford--2634392244--466289578-41,088-1,9271,631-153421114264121519
Finsbury--26312933174--229843,826-198--12711471548591240264
Fulham--260--731010---9---294--6,619712738121620173117
Greenwich3944034168-2288---29011957142090127121137180932
Hackney911319287--1173620--248459--4313731,8683212691,495186186129163
Hammersmith--7202--12828251119112,496542-1292--1439811,813114181Not stated3,479
Hampstead--244--721-202088-----131,4694511788261681505941,683
Holborn--16--385122033665918324141,093120-554154159852072382,419
Islington431179829672094695510101,0128,459423805194,2434,928926237102429581817,590
Kensington--6284--54292111113132,1696,7441694632103,5471,420531688081851238091,004
Lambeth391214434812610844434343724,464-4415--3521753552,13016549566
Lewisham953986--1844--1818324-----66-132290--Not statedNot stated
Paddington144233--440127331091,4046,507193165--33619952671251634221,272
Poplar1051948536237750--17171,4508,967-69721261,759542-1204201072523621,082
St. Marylebone25031402702181241818881,14710,331-57633,9993,305950371443501281604031,441
St. Pancras21581332737756273323112,3655,282-2789435,5581,7908203844268412Not stated4,706
Shoreditch2243471194244--41122951,623-53242-8,089-2191,792772152071,001
Southwark--5502618742277771,3131,44712232,7866264,03225,040233031,6441673114281,768
Stepney24923982837739249954522,5123,3152273,8713511,0422,58824301,4092003654431,934
Stoke Newington1-487--123---33259259----4242181268681224256480
Wandsworth3129122553492020--4848292545-6173193211,312-2385613243668721,599
Westminster12----1,79531804420101,1503,000241,538245672351534731,2111502006,0001,500
Woolwich1266823--235-22,55955422273-13403161,887181178211224519115633

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Note.-In the columns above a dash signifies a nil return.
Common lodging houses, licensed number, 180 ; lodgers, 18,367 ; visits-day, 10,265, night, 293 ; prosecutions, 1 ; penalties and costs, £3.
Seamen's lodging houses, licensed number, 44 ; Bermondsey, 7 ; Deptford, 1 ; Poplar, 9 ; Stepney, 27 ; lodgers, 1,180. Visits—day, 1,168; night, 138.
Prosecutions—Smoke Nuisances: Poplar, 2 ; Hackney, 1; St Pancras, 1 ; Lambeth, 1
Water Supply : Southwark, 6 ; Hammersmith, 1.
Overcrowding: Southwark, 1 ; Hampstead, 1; Holborn, 1 ; Paddington, 1 ; Bethnal Green 1; Chelsea 1.
Milk shops : Hackney 2 ; St. Pancras 4 ; City 4 ; Chelsea 1 ; Finsbury 2. * Continuous supervision during slaughtering.