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London County Council 1926

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

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Table: COUNTY OF LONDON. Statistics of the administrative work carried out during the year 1926.

COUNTY OF LONDON. Statistics of the administrative work carried out during the year 1926.

Sanitary Authority.Cowsheds.Slaughterhouses.Offensive Trades.Smoke nuisances.Common lodging houses.Cleansing of persons and rooms.Water supplyMilk-shops.Ice cream premises.Restaurants and Eating Houses.
No. licensed.No. of inspections.No. licensed.No. of inspections.No. lioensed.No. of inspections.Observations.Complaints.Notices.Houses licensed.Authorised lodgers.Persons.Rooms or premises.Tenement houses extra supply.No. on register.No. of inspections.No. on register.No. of inspections.No. of places.No. of inspections.
Adults.Children.After infectious diseases.For vermin.
City of London_—7*——8577145533951———3343566143806654
Battersea1122271310592232012294,3712,3541623113173114845199295
Bermondsey----132613--31,197182-1,818411820676192197135546
Bethnal Green114033129222--639520--302-244809164367182583
Camberwell1162195112767555438423,2473,58718724401,435346486165224
Chelsea--_2133--112-2172—1,1572798317618359657676
Deptford--2766_14—241,089—2,0681,5911431516327216523598172
Finsbury--1653312818224703039961035153177115129209226
Fulham-_2117-—2281072871—1,22476961121162161311031,168
Greenwich24324322311129037581,1532271121161541546064
Hackney57916469194054429294313801,4351,82656062161,264268557117267
Hammersmith--751025610315131292782,5216652738841,577171224128444
Hampstead--__150——11———31,087—722663174698861104
Holborn-__16-_—3407612920164—223134612415764185235198
Islington2251371619601215222276764,6343,4429157496792238136430467
Kensington--53261433403373621464,1971,285432134131636169183Not stated
Lambeth29101803365858584415——2,637361534852,910170510180-
Lewisham6608534-_—12—2————1,32281—142360Not stated98196
Paddington11032001651041323165103Not stated154297404152206114364
Poplar635814718756276499761,5231,467239—120414124205177128
St. Marylebone1211963704534457633,6512,973802722181443401182002961,092
St. Pannras133515117128820152781,0655,3321,12479170212824339379375201
Shoreditch21721039525334281——936279182701.454132276178429
South wark--4702883—212,3111,0453,3963,0091,656333741,7391524563531,412
Stepney235911561781522925253,595462—1,65573234361,273265464321631
Stoke Newington1-4107-—4981——11,395363119—625026303131
Wandsworth11283408113302312169203—4,560593—2482,1763943612501,069
Westminster------2,490622651,6192339209191344496854141102444826
Woolwich9261728——201111379232,273720512871,06122249772442
Total756931285,0011739515,69544223516317,4227,78644,244 39,9577,8847756,25623,4154,7347,3175,79312,309
Note.-In the columns above a dash signifies a nil return. * Continuous supervision during slaughtering. Common lodging houses, licensed number, 163; lodgers, 17,422; visits—day, 9,607, night, 348; prosecutions, 1; penalties and costs, £2 2s. 0d. Seamen's lodging houses, licensed number, 35 ; Bermondsey, 4 ; Poplar, 6 ; Stepney, 25 ; lodgers, 1,079. Visits—day, 784 ; night, 64 ; prosecutions, 1 ; penalties and costs, £5 2s. od. , Prosecutions—Smoke Nuisances: Hackney, 1; Poplar, 2. Water Supply: Hammersmith, 1; Kensington, 8; St. Pancras, 4. milkshope: Fulham, 2; St. Pancras, 2. Restaurant and Eating Houses : Greenwich, 1 ; Westminster, 1. Slaughterhouses: Shoreditch, 1. Offensive Trades : Shoreditcli, 2.