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London County Council 1923

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Table: Housing Act of 1919 ; certain other particulars as to conditions in 1923 ; and the action taken by the metropolitan borough councils under the provisions of Section 17 of the Housing and Town Planning Act with regard to the making of representations and closing orders—the figures for the years 1911-14, 1915—19, and 1920-23 are included for comparison.

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Housing Act of 1919 ; certain other particulars as to conditions in 1923 ; and the action taken by the metropolitan borough councils under the provisions of Section 17 of the Housing and Town Planning Act with regard to the making of representations and closing orders—the figures for the years 1911-14, 1915—19, and 1920-23 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.	No. of representations.			No. of closing orders.			No. of houses demolished.
	1923.	1023.	1923.	1923.	1923.	1911-14	1915-19	1920-23	1911-14	1915-19	1920-23	1911-14	1915-19	1920-23
Battersea	2,7981	2,4938	34	48	8	187	1	13	44	-	13	6	-	-
Bermondsey	19,177	18,917	12	3	-	68	13	3	111	46	1	67	-	-
Bethnal Green	19,465	Almost all	-	161	-	32	34	10	43	19	5	40	2	4
Camberwell	41,780	4/5 of total	-	14	2	-	-	8	-	-	-	1	-	3
Chelsea	10,355	-	-	-	56 flats	3	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	15
Deptford	18,122	Not stated	-	-	-	95	8	-	95	7	-	40	2	-
Finsbury	6,788	6,200	-	-	-	21	17	5	2	17	5	-	-	50
Fulham	27,038	20,265	-	3	-	43	1	7	38	1	7	22	-	-
Greenwich	16,680	Majority	-	80	110	193	-	-	-	-	3	26	-	-
Hackney	34,811	14,085	-	62	4	11	29	37	11	34	-	9	-	-
Hammersmith	18,481	12,000	-	27	-	37	26	13	6	38	17	-	25	5
Hampstead	12,608	About half	-	-	-	17	17	24	17	17	22	5	-	10
Holborn	3,473	8,571 t'n'mts	-	-	-	63	4	1	6	2	1	46	-	-
Islington	42,663	27,000	-	-	-	50	10	3	38	8	3	19	1	1
Kensington	28,416	9,141	4	2 houses, 14 flats	5 cotts., 42 flats	86	9	3	24	9	20	1	-	-
Lambeth	42,607	31,955	-	116	-	102	38	17	102	-	-	129	-	103
Lewisham .	35,539	Not stated	-	144	-	25	9	-	11	19	15	8	3	-
Paddington	Not stated	Not stated	1	-	-	23	17	24	27	10	6	1	-	1
Poplar	23,064	Almost all	1	-	61	68	39	5	68	33	7	2	1	-
St. Marylebone	19,039	8,080	-	15	32	32	20	-	32	19	-	9	3	1
St. Pancras	25,216	16,000	-	-	-	109	53	-	72	56	-	-	-	-
Shoreditch	14,000	13,000	-	30	-	12	9	-	12	3	17	11	7	11
Southwark	20,312	20,000	-	80	-	152	4	287	84	-	45	-	32	43
Stepney	31,692	31,692	3	51	136 flats	44	27	2	44	59	-	-	6	-
Stoke Newington	8,599	3,978	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Wandsworth	64,637	47,535	-	533	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	7	1
Westminster (City)	27,130	Not stated	-	-	40	21	7	-	9	6	-	25	39	-
Woolwich	26,795	22,593	-	168	38	97	40	20	42	32	10	16	5	2

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