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London County Council 1929

[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 1929.

COUNTY OF LONDON. Statistics of the administrative work carried out during the year 1929.

Sanitary Authority.Cowsheds.Slaughterhouses.Offensive Trades.Smoke nuisances.Common lodging houses.Cleansing of persons and rooms.Water supply.Milk-shops.Ice cream premises.Restaurants and Eating Houses.
No. licensed.No. of inspections.No. licensed.No. of inspections.No. authorised.No. of inspections.Observations.Intimations.Complaints.Notices.Houses licensed.Authorised lodgers.Persons.Booms 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——————143—13—147791981all——2732793822718360
Battersea——211033371218232012784,3351,77425039234461151312118261
Bermondsey————1455942322431,19573—1,76857813268537117274119531
Bethnal Green1144220891018———536662011,513400—254585123301191503
Camberwell11121941038184829—5438393,2764,20334483811,555198294190245
Chelsea——236——10—2—217215893310198—7110027377095
Deptford——2201629421141171,19371,8531,379107—16721010224753151
Finsbury——1126325474164247015—697237716219894126199292
Fulham——2144——30259—28413—1,3961513151758725939739
Greenwich13331322487281290975780932—1331381141206678
Hackney3401356117571,373306674313533,2222,337284—4221,35321240315369
Hammersmith——64442261191343—12741822,5399722932961,172130300160568
Hampstead——151——3—3———1884—331264174721266185
Holborn——15——26042—12835125—772208161278342157248202
Islington——136841866103972122803425,6644,1228852422722219226446531
Kensington——5309——62557—62842103,2821,641158611537311101731411,306
Lambeth1126616448414141—3473——9,999968566013,006205718248371
Lewisham148773——885—2————1,72195—126311169290116336
Paddington——230015813819—3165172—100—113423116230115190
Poplar42973391228161645342653272,2408117116273894537161,555
St. Marylebone119175360441—9—47393,4802,4961,1284044107350681303261,586
St. Pancras——418315634054612781,0705,5571,387148100303619236404309298
Sboreditch217120212440261024282———135—28889591219194322
South wark——411541763242202,3471,0635,0945,479810143601,8761716843501,400
Stepney198411543252204212914212,961330—2,7191867395910250480344565
Stoke Newington——460——1656————1,30976119017629435433360
Wandsworthi1267002236717———17663,924792—281974480938303641
Westminster——————8541252—61,75033270194248531236654143764531
Woolwich757726——158—17—9317581,8671,403245194466107271110257

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Note.—In the columns above a dash signifies a nil return.
Common lodging houses licensed by the Council (i.e., excluding those in the City of London) number, 153; lodgers, 16,172; visits—day,
7,975, night, 230.
Seamen's lodging houses, licensed number, 25; Poplar, 4; Stepney, 21; lodgers, 896. Visits—day, 796; night, 50;
Prosecutions—Offensive Trades. Stepney, 1. Smoke Nuisances. Bermondsey, 5, 1 at 40s.,4 at 20s.; Hackney, 2, Order made for abatement
and £2 2s. costs in each case. Water Supply. Rattersea, 1; Hammersmith, 6; Islington, 1; Kensington, 2 ; St. Pancras, 2
Southwark, 3. Ice Cream Premises. Stoke Newington, 1.