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London County Council 1925

[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 1925.

TABLE II. COUNTY OF LONDON. Statistics of the administrative work carried out during the year 1925.

Cowsheds.Slaughterhouses.Offensive Trades.Smoke nuisances.Underground rooms.Overcrowding.Houses let in lodgings.Common lodging houses.Cleansing of persons and rooms.Water suppljMilk-shops.Ice cream premises.Other food places.
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 extra supply.No. on register.No. of inspections, jNo. on register.No. of inspections.No. of places.No. of inspections.
City of London——7*——12115———11124393—145512927——3403486368927373
Battersea162319348674_—1768546—32012614,7243,243331478182013362582,003
Bermondsey————133254111———223446—31,19778—2,179492138311451455942 993
Bethnal Green1111933189891693————207661—63957—1,44348245725194243204370
Camberwell15228092911413135—7042297228—5438623,38'380—4501,462338681313646
Chelsea——371——125—1133———217210966407175122404290155
Deptford——210963O62175——?13289578—41,089—2,0491,887—1634211693095277
Finsbury——211322230752212128354,698—247010—981149175S6122269374
Fulham——261——1601021113738——287543,8331031091162161733461,025
Greenwich27536233513——123247222—2908727200151191471261291811,504
Hackney7817416196 883434311197134731,549—4313773,35763713721,5092575606211,321
Hammersmith—_74473212518144337192,4799—1292902,5876312862,0221692358526,778
Hampstead——228——75117998—————41,142315187211681414831,216
Holborn——12——6047733445771,0506141,093124—945129141812643842,884
Islington43113730174811451174419191 0112,371—23793234,8413,835505681,26223822366219,826
Kensington——5345147427192463975543 6147,92613184071094,3321,7273641254011712398712,332
Lambeth3911200448222871117746463724,464—4415——4421014702,82016549511132
Lewisham6558418——21771111320330—————87—150349——NotNot
statedstated
Paddington11539314015271421131,4065,77327316593206—1023491402244021,606
Poplar1034858722410225——101,453?—6499691,648372—1285441462473802,042
St. Marylebone1203513636932266441,07913,564—57633,9782,513734231433601182103661,254
St. Pancras23951491462802812——23182,3651,894122781,1305,8781,65544213832328394?5,444
Shoreditch21922158345112258393071,62564281——57332641,683135306228856
Southwark——5392932——2929572260—201,9931,0663,62416,936153372,091130130 -5222,160
Stepney236111964121732264457422,6453,8872263,662420—1,09014371,4012854985291,321
Stoke Newington11452117310———44—_———1881133—62322631256627
Wandsworth1282709107663230381512024294841—29418013762525253364871,0845 793
Westminster12————1,99910323121143171,1034,317—41,53011792836554925371391083,0952,969
Woolwich9114835——162———39116325775—13404292,4411624885582217512881,678

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Note.—In the columns above a dash signifies a nil return.
Common lodging houses, licensed number, 169 ; lodgers, 17,385; visits—day, 9,700, night, 373; prosecutions, 3; penalties and cos's, £8 19s. 6d.
Seamen's lodging houses, licensed number, 33; Bermondsey, 5; Poplar, 7; Stepney, 21; lodgers, 1,092. \ Visits—day, 865; night, 81; prosecutions, 7; penalties and
costs, £41 8s.
Prosecutions—Smoke Nuisauces : Bermondsey, 1; Bethnal Green, 1; Poplar, 2; Hackney, 1. * Continuous supervision during slaughtering.
Water Supply : Bethnal Green, 1; Paddington, 1: Kensington, 12; St. Pancras, 1; St. Marylebone 1.
Overcrowding: Hampstead, 2; Shoreditch, 1; Paddington, 1; Fulham, 11; Kensington, 10; Battersea, 1; Holborn, 2
Milkshops: St. Pancras 2; Oity, 2. Ice Cream Premises: Islington, 4.
Offensive Trades: Wandsworth, 1.