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London County Council 1930

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

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Table:

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, 1925.Underground rooms.Overcrowding.Houses let in lodgings.No. of houses closed by owner.No. of houses for the working classes.Houses unfit for habitation.
Representations.Closing orders.Demolition orders.
In borough.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 remediedInstances 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 London1,7938901831951723877360——1—1154162—————————6
Battersea27,94725,0586,6391,0523,3121,341153,5553111?10373762353—256—————6
Bermondsey18,59618,4506,2273,3433,4031,1481,0163,4031,0151111,40820655173—411469203_———24
Bethnal Green18,497Prac. all7,8205465,8004,018—6,203——————225782—2837222——22
Camberwell42,49233,9924,6849984,5801,604305,165——65229116240216—fits 106fits 342—————8026
Chelsea11,7772,434849166630219—377————252539676—fits 17132221———45
tnmts.
Deptford18,12290%2,4301,7553,4581,078423,82035————3———!7————————
Finabury10,889prac. all1,9091,4812,7224482,722———————7543,009—2103—————25
Fulham24,385prac. all3,8908892,5115432112,335646—5560301392,062—fits 44————————
Greenwich17,65680%1,2602081,363172—1,701——1113796158—5076—————65
Hackney35,51414,7107,071665,0901,206—5,285——8894191705—fits 17590155————34
hses18
Hammersmith20,20013,7008,4902504,4921,896104,629——10989752,495——1465612——143
Hampstead13,260approx one-half1,0681,2951,198787441,007——5615105651,2953,797—— tnmts—11114——
Holborn3,4738,5719376214798624792—237146493824—15—12129———29
tnmts—
Islington46,00028,7005,9421,4424,573580245,47424—161632321,000531—157—133———54
Kensington35,2969,8573,4691,0502,7015651882,6411809343425203,1119,580—fits 5584——2————
24
Lambeth42,607—13,0723624,1884353626,132449166————4127200254——4—
Lewisham50,000No rcrd2,8501,0712,420824—2,380——744616424—183approx222————
Paddington17,0009,1002,084—1,1484854891,547416—54*21,4067,055———1111———
Poplar24,01323,000 approx.7,4231,0635,1581,780—4,406——219528f1141,181—116————————
St. Marylebone19,5678,579 about2,2579951,57049—1,521——3030661,0557,481—fits 21fits 12———————
St. Pancras25,21618,0006,7188803,1401,3385803,04751215423172,1253,358—155143515—————
Shoreditch14,02613,1266,0231,9975,1261,126—5,126——many213692402799—5455——————59
Southwark26,49614,6107,4657918,0433,7212,4036,9171,546———3232357357—9386———122—
Stepney38,53432,0359,6867,83913,9477,047213,62511181280432,6022,817—2054——————192
Stoke Newington8,6703,9741,433—68767—1,419——111110057—————————9
Wandsworth74,65649,1408,7352,9576,296781—13,8744—2715166224267119——724160—1——38
Westminster25,3216,6942,2458538875868715—161055163861,4631160fits 298———————
Woolwich30,25325,5004,8132,3513,5491,004—2,772——727044nt kept532—4903055526436

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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 : Holborn, 4 ; Paddington, 14 ; Islington, 4 ; Kensington, 5 ; St. Pancras, 12 ; Stoke Newington, 1.
Overcrowding—Hammersmith, 9 ; Hampstead, 2 ; Holborn, 1 ; Islington, 1 ; St. Pancras, 2 ; Kensington, 5.
* Owing to existing social conditions official action was taken with regard to 9 cases only. f Includes 10 cases reported in 1929.
Housing Acts. A full account of the action taken under the various Housing Acts will be found in Volume II of the Annual Report of the Council, 1930.