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London County Council 1928

[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 1928.

COUNTY OF LONDON.

Statistics of the administrative work carried out during the year 1928.

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 bv owner.No. of houses for the working classesHouses unfit for habitation.
Representations.Closing orders.Demolition orders.
In borough.1 Occupied by the working classes.Complaints or illness.House to house.Under P.H. Act.Under Housing Act.
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.Jn pursuance of orders.Voluntarily.
City of London1,851905386193212126—1541541——63222—16——————-121
Battersea27,90825,0174,3651,0323,3631,333273,607447___1414581,035_306______
Bermondsey18,17718,027 Prac. all5,4703,3492,4304744,0312,4303,0546——990 Many250220445340381152——768
Bethnal Green18,4977,1217836,2684,622—7,204————cases—1701,090—45———————
Camberwell42,56734,0424,2641,5135,0161,640434,862——2—262110240240—4273—————52
Chelsea11,7382,494812116753166—406———8 Many814899——180——10———6
Deptford18,122—1,1653,1603,557260—3,557————cases2———12————————
Finsbury10,889—1,4301161,688246—1,688——2212128554,217—55———————
Fulham24,215—3,587277977822478822388—2219s37——3336222————
Greenwich17,274M'j'rity882251,47611051,836——222—114122—185150——5——404
Hackney35,23014,3736,9243815,2591,795—5,650——641685115350—981042331——12
Hammersmith19,70013,0006,8553963,1801,224—3,048——5470472,495——692252111————
Hampstead13,1506,575464—927613—412——717138225011,185———3332o——
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Holborn3,4738,5711,086—43658—436——3322515584——15222————
Islington45.90028,6808,4381,3604,459576—5,818——111137371,0114,572_9711118—___11
Kensington34,400—2,5661,8013,159834223,047123252599853,4027,717—5———41———
Lambeth42,607_13,8004724,224237481!5,7363981886969___183150111__4_
Lewisham46,000—2,0541,0851,934572—1,934———27 Many74120—1,920—-------
Paddington17,0009,1002,453—1,4941,3984911,249393—22cases21,4067,204——————————
Poplar23,24823,0006,2432124,4661,580—4,521————6132105448—10————————
St. Marylebone19,4478,5402,5759231,84594—1,939——1313441,0559,895—1212———————
St. Pancras25,21618,0005,1213853,6161,8232723,441255.—4228211,3845,595—52165111————
Shoreditch14,03113,1316,2923.9736.3571,216—6,357——Many22271462961,034—7032-------
Southwark20,56714,0937,9013,9175,5453,7653,S046,1805—1131316212,023—24—111————
Stepney38,55331,76311,2946 54414,96510,832—12,795——1610115502,6352,9971
Stoke Newington8,6283,9751,06512193280—2,189—43——100——————————4
Wandsworth73,94448,8429,2369894,678610_10,168__159174131265350_694_------16
Westminster25,321—2,4573821,48925—1,584——32185641242713—118-113—————
Woolwich29,36524,7682,8903,8203,558896—2,788——519226———709142151511—2289

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Note.—In many cases, it has been impossible to take effective action in the matter of overcrowding owing to the shortage of houses.
Prosecutions—Houses Lei in Lodgings : Finsbury, 1 Islington, 2 Kensington, 9 Paddington, 4 Poplar, 1 St. Pancras, 8 Stepney, 2.
„ Overcrowding: Camberwell, 1 Fulham, 5 Hammersmith, 4 Islington, 6 Kensington, 3 Stepney, 1 Westminster, 1.