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London County Council 1931

[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 Housing Act 1925/30.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 London1,431505151120147356726452156
Battersea27,85224,9736,5032,9093,3761,137162,505314360606225817891594119
Bermondsey18,65618,5123,7725,5306,4281,435136,42813_—1,7753006335795286664261
Bethnal Green18,156prac. all6,9501,1085,7933,2316,80311708083889
Camberwell41,35633,0854,0601,0893,9841,508484,1381103362401871fits 227 shps 12fits 2807159
Chelsea11,9192,48367315970921251411404042630fits 132183
Deptford18,200prac. all1,9772,8843,5111,097123,88318—_3
Finsbury10,889prac. all1,6371,5442,5642912,56444777893,86291536
Fulham24,580prac. all3,5227402,6284331362,6724725517161802,425fits 36917
Greenwich17,934prac. all917121,111—_1,8531571001012965018
Hackney35,57014,0166,4782534,9331,26445,105871304519582fits 95fits 75470
Hammersmith20,10013,6008,3421525,0112,0084,280—_10769982,495—_57362222
Hampstead13,356approx. one—half9661,2481,850747121,488363624241,6751,989tnmts113
Holborn3,4738,571 tnmts.49945371453202066484776162122
Islington46,00028,7007,6131,6614,6215235418,1145433335959992986145
Kensington35,2969,8572,7861,2392,3063931742,2021951737362593,0908,964757712
Lambeth46,7428,8573473,6462301555,034150444693503103
Lewisham47,000no recrd2,2429601,620446—_1,620—_1159481459approx1111
Paddington17,00010,0001,5361,2723902111,1771906615111,4066,013
Poplar23,70023,000 approx.8,0592,2134,9921,6554,8561159221481,07615111410921
St. Marylebone19,7648,543 about1,8591,0121,260511,311131312121,0557,874136080
St. Pancras27,28018,0005,0581,1703,7971,488403,690361125232,6183,985999593627
Shoreditch14,01613,6908,3655,5868595,586many4168192410885—_785218182—_—_6523
Southwark26,38214,4967,1223,7117,0113,3892647,31922511272735534395200103731114
Stepney37,77231,9119,4365,46712,8025,45711,359—_151797582,5401,87454approx 1671761
Stoke Newington8,6683,974773237759761,74122__10039—_7
Wandsworth74,99349,2308,7312,7314,938506612,92355111121?7267631fits. 72fits. 87681?11819
Westminster25,3216,0941,2621,0321,244621,478594612403931,68322242252383_—
Woolwich30,62525,7663,7983,2423,2338933,218117042ntkept4973972522525127265

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 : Islington, 14 ; Kensington, 4 ; Paddington, 10 ; Poplar, 1 ; St. Pancras, 3 ; Stepney, 2 ; Stoke Newington, 1.
Overcrowding—Bethnal Green, 3; Hammersmith 2; Hampstead, 2 ; Islington, 5 ; Kensington, 3 ; St. Pancras, 1; Underground Rooms—Islington 1.
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, 1931;