Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. | |||||||||||||||
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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 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. | In pursuance of orders. | Voluntarily. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
City of London | 1,431 | 505 | 151 | 120 | 147 | 35 | 67 | 264 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52 | 156 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Battersea | 27,852 | 24,973 | 6,503 | 2,909 | 3,376 | 1,137 | 16 | 2,505 | 314 | — | — | 3 | 60 | 60 | 62 | 258 | — | 17 | 89 | 159 | 411 | — | — | — | — | 9 |
Bermondsey | 18,656 | 18,512 | 3,772 | 5,530 | 6,428 | 1,435 | 13 | 6,428 | — | — | 13 | _— | 1,775 | 300 | 63 | 357 | — | 95 | 286 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 61 | ||
Bethnal Green | 18,156 | prac. all | 6,950 | 1,108 | 5,793 | 3,231 | 6,803 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 170 | 808 | — | 38 | 89 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Camberwell | 41,356 | 33,085 | 4,060 | 1,089 | 3,984 | 1,508 | 48 | 4,138 | — | — | 1 | — | 103 | 36 | 240 | 187 | 1 | fits 227 shps 12 | fits 280 | — | — | — | — | — | 71 | 59 |
Chelsea | 11,919 | 2,483 | 673 | 159 | 709 | 212 | — | 514 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 40 | 40 | 426 | 30 | — | fits 132 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 83 |
Deptford | 18,200 | prac. all | 1,977 | 2,884 | 3,511 | 1,097 | 12 | 3,883 | 18 | —_ | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Finsbury | 10,889 | prac. all | 1,637 | 1,544 | 2,564 | 291 | — | 2,564 | — | — | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 789 | 3,862 | — | 91 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
Fulham | 24,580 | prac. all | 3,522 | 740 | 2,628 | 433 | 136 | 2,672 | 472 | — | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 180 | 2,425 | — | — | fits 369 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
Greenwich | 17,934 | prac. all | 917 | 12 | 1,111 | — | —_ | 1,853 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 7 | 100 | 101 | — | 296 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 |
Hackney | 35,570 | 14,016 | 6,478 | 253 | 4,933 | 1,264 | 4 | 5,105 | — | — | 8 | 7 | 130 | 45 | 195 | 82 | fits 95 | fits 754 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 70 | |
Hammersmith | 20,100 | 13,600 | 8,342 | 152 | 5,011 | 2,008 | 4,280 | —_ | — | 10 | 7 | 69 | 98 | 2,495 | — | —_ | 57 | 36 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | |||
Hampstead | 13,356 | approx. one—half | 966 | 1,248 | 1,850 | 747 | 12 | 1,488 | — | — | 36 | 36 | 24 | 24 | 1,675 | 1,989 | — | — | tnmts | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — |
Holborn | 3,473 | 8,571 tnmts. | 499 | — | 453 | 71 | — | 453 | — | — | 20 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 484 | 776 | — | — | 162 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — |
Islington | 46,000 | 28,700 | 7,613 | 1,661 | 4,621 | 523 | 54 | 18,114 | 54 | — | 33 | 33 | 59 | 59 | 992 | 986 | — | 145 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Kensington | 35,296 | 9,857 | 2,786 | 1,239 | 2,306 | 393 | 174 | 2,202 | 195 | 1 | 73 | 73 | 62 | 59 | 3,090 | 8,964 | — | — | 7 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 2 | — | — | |
Lambeth | 46,742 | — | 8,857 | 347 | 3,646 | 230 | 155 | 5,034 | 150 | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 469 | 350 | 3 | 103 | — | — | — | — | — |
Lewisham | 47,000 | no recrd | 2,242 | 960 | 1,620 | 446 | —_ | 1,620 | — | —_ | 1 | 1 | 59 | 48 | 14 | 59 | — | — | approx | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Paddington | 17,000 | 10,000 | 1,536 | — | 1,272 | 390 | 211 | 1,177 | 190 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 1,406 | 6,013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Poplar | 23,700 | 23,000 approx. | 8,059 | 2,213 | 4,992 | 1,655 | — | 4,856 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 59 | 22 | 148 | 1,076 | — | 15 | 111 | 4 | 109 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — |
St. Marylebone | 19,764 | 8,543 about | 1,859 | 1,012 | 1,260 | 51 | — | 1,311 | — | — | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 1,055 | 7,874 | — | 13 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 80 |
St. Pancras | 27,280 | 18,000 | 5,058 | 1,170 | 3,797 | 1,488 | 40 | 3,690 | 36 | — | 1 | 1 | 25 | 23 | 2,618 | 3,985 | — | 99 | 95 | 9 | 36 | — | — | — | 2 | 7 |
Shoreditch | 14,016 | 13,690 | 8,365 | — | 5,586 | 859 | — | 5,586 | — | — | many | 4 | 168 | 192 | 410 | 885 | —_ | 78 | 52 | 18 | 18 | —_ | —_ | 65 | 23 | |
Southwark | 26,382 | 14,496 | 7,122 | 3,711 | 7,011 | 3,389 | 264 | 7,319 | 225 | — | 1 | 1 | 27 | 27 | 355 | 343 | — | 95 | 200 | 10 | 373 | 1 | — | — | — | 114 |
Stepney | 37,772 | 31,911 | 9,436 | 5,467 | 12,802 | 5,457 | — | 11,359 | — | —_ | 15 | 17 | 97 | 58 | 2,540 | 1,874 | — | 54 | approx 167 | 1 | 76 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Stoke Newington | 8,668 | 3,974 | 773 | 237 | 759 | 76 | — | 1,741 | — | — | 2 | 2 | _ | _ | 100 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | 7 |
Wandsworth | 74,993 | 49,230 | 8,731 | 2,731 | 4,938 | 506 | 6 | 12,923 | — | — | 55 | 11 | 112 | 1?7 | 267 | 631 | — | fits. 72 | fits. 87 | 6 | 81 | 1 | 18 | 19 | ||
Westminster | 25,321 | 6,094 | 1,262 | 1,032 | 1,244 | 62 | 1,478 | — | — | 59 | 46 | 12 | 40 | 393 | 1,683 | 2 | 224 | 225 | 2 | 38 | 3 | _— | — | — | ||
Woolwich | 30,625 | 25,766 | 3,798 | 3,242 | 3,233 | 893 | — | 3,218 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 70 | 42 | ntkept | 497 | — | 397 | 252 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 65 |
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;