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London County Council 1924

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

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The table on p. 50 shows the houses in each borough in 1924

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.
1924.1924.1924.1924.1924.1911-141915-191920-241911-141915-191920-241911-141915-191920-24
Battersea27,84424,95325152118711344136
Bermondsey19,18718,92711049 flats6813311146167
Bothnal Green19,465Almost all6323414431994029
Camberwell41,87733,5002813
Chelsea11,4402,44056 flats39817
Deptford18,10016.290l958957402
Finsbury11,0006,50021175217550
Fulham27,04020,26524311438114227
Greenwich16,698Majority132193326
Hackney34,91714,166448 maisonettes11294511349
Hammersmith18,56312,0008237261463818255
Hampstead12,557About half171725171723514
Holborn3,4738,571 t'n'mts1 bl'ckof t'n'mts634162146
Islington43,00027,00035010338831911
Kensington28,4199,1443408695249221
Lambeth42,60731,955108961023817102129103
Lewisham35,539Not stated259111191683
PaddingtonNot statedNot stated2317262710811
Poplar23,248Almost all61436839668331321
St. Marylebone19,2708,11232 flats32 flats32203219931
St. Pancras25,21616,000109537256
Shoreditch14,00013,000201291231711711
Southwark20,31213,958152441184643243
Stepney31,75031,7501187 tenements4427244596
Stoke Newington8,5993,9781
Wandsworth68,83944,6615531171
Westminster (City)27,260Not stated402179625394
Woolwich27,00922,76811751049740344232211655