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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 London1,4315051511201473567264——————52156——————————
Battersea27,85224,9736,5032,9093,3761,137162,505314——3606062258—1789159411————9
Bermondsey18,65618,5123,7725,5306,4281,435136,428——13_—1,77530063357—95286664261
Bethnal Green18,156prac. all6,9501,1085,7933,2316,803——1———170808—3889———————
Camberwell41,35633,0854,0601,0893,9841,508484,138——1—103362401871fits 227 shps 12fits 280—————7159
Chelsea11,9192,483673159709212—514——11404042630—fits 132——————183
Deptford18,200prac. all1,9772,8843,5111,097123,88318—_3———————————————
Finsbury10,889prac. all1,6371,5442,564291—2,564——44777893,862—9153——————6
Fulham24,580prac. all3,5227402,6284331362,672472—5517161802,425——fits 36917—————
Greenwich17,934prac. all917121,111——_1,853————157100101—29650——————18
Hackney35,57014,0166,4782534,9331,26445,105——871304519582fits 95fits 754——————70
Hammersmith20,10013,6008,3421525,0112,0084,280—_—10769982,495——_57362222———
Hampstead13,356approx. one—half9661,2481,850747121,488——363624241,6751,989——tnmts11———3—
Holborn3,4738,571 tnmts.499—45371—453——202066484776——162———122—
Islington46,00028,7007,6131,6614,6215235418,11454—33335959992986—145————————
Kensington35,2969,8572,7861,2392,3063931742,2021951737362593,0908,964——757712——
Lambeth46,742—8,8573473,6462301555,034150—44—————4693503103—————
Lewisham47,000no recrd2,2429601,620446—_1,620——_1159481459——approx1111———
Paddington17,00010,0001,536—1,2723902111,1771906615111,4066,013——————————
Poplar23,70023,000 approx.8,0592,2134,9921,655—4,856——1159221481,076—151114109——21—
St. Marylebone19,7648,543 about1,8591,0121,26051—1,311——131312121,0557,874—1360——————80
St. Pancras27,28018,0005,0581,1703,7971,488403,69036—1125232,6183,985—9995936———27
Shoreditch14,01613,6908,365—5,586859—5,586——many4168192410885—_785218182—_—_6523
Southwark26,38214,4967,1223,7117,0113,3892647,319225—112727355343—95200103731———114
Stepney37,77231,9119,4365,46712,8025,457—11,359——_151797582,5401,874—54approx 1671761————
Stoke Newington8,6683,97477323775976—1,741——22__10039————————_—7
Wandsworth74,99349,2308,7312,7314,938506612,923——55111121?7267631—fits. 72fits. 87681?11819
Westminster25,3216,0941,2621,0321,244621,478——594612403931,68322242252383_———
Woolwich30,62525,7663,7983,2423,233893—3,218——117042ntkept497—3972522525127265

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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 : 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;