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London County Council 1926

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

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Borough.No. of houses.No. of houses inspected.No. of notices served.No. of houses repaired or nuisances remedied under P.H. Act.No. of houses repaired under Section 3 of Housing Act.Underground rooms.Overcrowding.Houses let in lodgings.No. of houses closed by owner.No. of houses for the working classes.Houses unfit for habitation.
In borough.Occupied by the working classes.Complaints or illness.House to house.Under P.H. Act.Under Housing Act.Representations.Closing orders.Demolition orders.
No. illegally occupied.No. closed or otherwise remedied.Instances found.No. remedied.No. on register.No. of inspections.Erected during year.In course of erection.No. made.No. of houses.No. made.No. determined.No. made.No. of houses demolished.
Intimation.Statutory.
By owners.By L.A.In pursuance of orders.Voluntarily.
City of London1,9571,040587321167243—181181———33119442—624——————19
Battersea27,84724,9566,7286762,679720602,773612--558515-28tnmts. 22---1--29
Bermondsey18,25218.1026,0395,4051,7333224,7231,7333,941511--2234465-5721641--10214
Bethnal Green18,497Nearly all6,6721,0146,7125,323-8,394----?2170933-48--------
Camberwell42.47636,3802,9822,2177,1062,147625,1991—3315150297271—??2122————8
Chelsea11,5662,5011,426Not826214-374——2299Not stated—5 flats—17834--_-_-_
Deptford18,12216,3001,237stated 3,1764,025214-4,025-----2253506----------
Finsbury20,00520,0051,522-2,279445-2,279--4415159193,954——15 tnmts.444———4
Fulham27,04020,2652,1302232,15333623.07211116132————36 flat---_-_-_-_7-
Greenwich16,910M'j'rity884—1,249213-2,000-———11112137—65150------3
Hackney35,13614,2736,3858495,4411,564-5,125-—6-_139207172—57109132—1--8
Hammersmith18,81512,0006,3472143,322953-2,697-—336631—-—202188------
Hampstead12,9786,489414—836640-836-—341022-----------_
Holborn3,4738,571 tenemts982-54376-543-—2244577871——15 tnmts.———————
Islington45,00028,5008,7021,3974,79758114,797-—101026261,0113,480l40924------19
Kensington30,0899,2392,5882,1684,2321,101374,187215242294653,76810,630—30 flat,' 5 cots.14 flats111—-—-
Lambeth42,60731,95512,0834145,8353,9014135,8784421772929———207138—-——--4
LewishamNot stated1,4101,2961,734350-1,734-—1112734429—739Not stated111—1—.—
Paddington17,0009,1002,531—1,75069945711,281360—322191,4066,635——-—-—2-—-
Poplar23,24823,0007,7035795,1122,502—5,168————19—13107—96103-------
St. Marylebone19,3418,2322,9771,3261,060157—2,062--121266---2046-------
St. Pancras25,21616,0004,4387083,7361,7104473,494409---19167213,547----------
Shoreditch13,90013,0006,3723,2036,2131,511—6,213—-1119174307978-48152--_-_--
South wark20,50614,0328,8554,32810,2673,1121 10110,57771——2929274274—32-99—----
Stepney31,67331,6738,1605,21615,1387,923—13,582——10863452,6454,514—46119 flats—————176
Stoke Newington8,6073,976954280661Not stated—1,234————1192181————-——2
Wandsworth71,71847,16011,7791,6745,428750—13,200——159222322656321,95418091212--16
Westminster27,35211,3761,4125551,07443—1,053--2-59321383---13----3
Woolwich27,68523,1533,5433,2143,8191,32743,580-—6227817325374—219615444———21
Total677,016451,278127,84240,453109,92739,0777,307127,2725,424151471001,64058913,67039,11164,2521,872365305741110316
Note.—In many cases, it has baen impossible to take effective action in the matter of overcrowding owing to the shortage of houses. In addition, 1,684 notices were served under bye-law. Prosecutions—Houses Lei in Loi'jinjs: Hilbjrn, 4; Kensington, 9(3; Paddington, 11 ; Poplar, 1 ; Shoreditch, 20; Stepney, 2. ,, Overcrowding : Fulhu.m, 1 ; Hammersmith, 2 ; Holborn, 1 ; Konsington, 1 ; Shoreditch, 1 ; Woolwich, 2.