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London County Council 1929

[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 classesHouses unfit for habitation.
Representations.Closing orders.Demolition orders.
In borough.Occupied by the working classes.Complaints or illness.Souse 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.Mo. determined.No.of houses demolished.
Intimation.Statutory.
By owners.By L.A.No. madeIn pursuance of orders.Voluntarily.
City of London1,84289614715916553148148—————60180—————————9
Battersea27,92825,0395,2531,0713,7231,504373,359426———2525609573015————1—10
Bermondsey18,20218,0525,5574,3132,8726805,1962,8723,8044221,1803482204401511211341——1412
Bethnal Green18,497Prac.all7,4836075,6693,572—6,427——1———2186085628141—————
Camberwell42,57734,0604,8449705,7331,933344,428——4416526240220—fits 17fltsl47——————29
Chelsea11,8302,517821112724198—409——228632073—fltsl72fits 17—————18
Approx.tnmts
Deptford18,12290%3,7392,0862,86030232,3473————2———37————————
Finsbury10,889Prac.all2,0231,2733,243522—3,243————10108613,704———66—————
Fulham24,320—4,2842161,9465427672,106722133262436151—— ————————
Greenwich17,597M'j'rity868921,019178—1,553————939293—31650188———186
Hackney35,35514,5606,7464075,6011,310—5,400——55133391538—flts 144flts 1274392—1——30
Hammersmith20,05013,5007,574864,0801,38383,3444—1312134892,495——35820132525103——
Hampstead13,208Approx.452—745——443——3232151185111,318———8884——
one-half
Holborn3,4738,571 tnmts739—46358—463——77655021,037——15 tnmts———————
Islington45,90028,7008,3711,2904,758550235,49223—7721211,0081,302—15—18—————
Kensington34,7149,2752,8636752,356545942,287162212141383,3558,339—flts 36flts540——3————
tnmts
Lambeth42,607—14,1274464,5363044476,108465344————2303150122——41
Lewisham52,000—2,3904591,691477—1,691——1—3310416———————
Paddington17,0009,1002,39061,4734524111,403350———*21,4066,904—————————1
Poplar23,24823,0007,6181,2114,7691,725—4,453————646126250—87116———————
approx.flatsflats
St. Marylebone19,5458,5582,3628621,583104—1,687——1919551,0559,054—1812———————
aboutflatsflats
St. Pancras25,21618,0006,3403273,6201,8661913,140128—6623161,7884,375—19360———————
Shoreditch14,06213,1626,2302,1165,3471,383—5,347——2213288389879—'5654——25
Southwark20,60914,1358,1202,0175,5913,8072,0175,605—18——3434356372—142—222————
Stepney38,54931,83711,8855,55514,5269,315—12,590——141280452,6982,986—'not known173
Stoke Newington8,6743,9741,140—84282—2,073——113—10084——————————
Wandsworth74,38549,0754,1941,5155,4368112311,4931—10810326266283—233not inown11302———17
Westminster25,321—2,652513934405929——502249133361,1532—230572—'-1— 13
Woolwich30,03225,4003,6811,8852,551914—2,419——557716—49—6632577j1024 14!31

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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 Let in Lodgings: Paddington,
26; Islington, 1; Kensington, 6; Poplar, 2; St. Pancras, 31; Stepney, 4; Stoke Newington, 1. Overcrowding—Bethnal Green, 1; Camberwell, 1; Chelsea, 1; Deptford, 1;
Hammersmith, 13; Southward, 1; Stoke Newington, 1; Wandsworth, 2; Kensington, 3. Underground Rooms.—Islington, 2.
* Owing to existing social conditions official action was taken with regard to 6 cases only.
† Including cases found prior to 1929.