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London County Council 1932

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

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Table:

Sanitary authority.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, 1930.Underground rooms.Overcrowding.Houses let in lodgings.No. of houses closed by owner.No. of houses for the working classes.Houses unfit for habitation.
lepresen-tations.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.
In pursuance of orders.Voluntarily.
By owners.By L.A.I
City of London2,053482895131563147—3351153---------8
Battersea27,93025,0516,4461,0533,1491,038442,6424533-4393965337-921841775101-777
Bermondsey18,71118,5673,7275,0146,5871,920-6,5877-581,41131176460-33534631724-71224
Bethnal Green18,285prac. all7,4099336,0303,353-5,217--11many[170922-9874--------
Camberwell42,69234,1524,4241,1704,1961,304564,440---5112332402215fits 324fits 124 shps. 4-----68
Chelsea11,9242,48762216357599-423----201946034-------5610
Deptford19,030prac. all1,5911,6782,623687102,990-113--1notkpt--4--------
Finsbury10,503prac. all1,7401,5292,179296-2,179--5524247853,837-52--------
Fulham26,501prac. all2,8523332,332480651,905384-4-36303042,451-25711212----2
Greenwich18,073prac. all8851,414904103-1,403--11211410473-1250—-----9
Hackney36,38114,7705,868434,8321,24614,949-114148635194207-fits 754fits 160682--2256
Hammersmith20,10013,6007,2661803,9401,655-4,986--71093872,495--403267-13-14
Hampstead14,935approx. one half3331,6631,03949744661--44371081,5781,330---4431---
Holborn6,462-80310742751-427--8822474861-blcks.2block 1431 pt.-333-
fits. 34fits. 28
Islington46,00029,0006,8861,4254,6626296319,24463-424272711,0062,235-93--------
Kensington35,2969,8573,0951,2362,2054211482,1581182525260583,1328,097--2046918--3
Lambeth48,873-12,5062513,9012,0842545,656280-64--notkpt--430350 approx11117-24-
Lewisham47,000-1,9596851,936389-1,890----17131459---11-----
Paddington17,00010,0001,474-1,184336931,215129-33871,4065,363---222----
Poplar23,58323,000 approx.8,8357,3036,4242,61115,689-1--55341621,164-13450---——3010
St. Marylebone17,2008,587 about2,0098341,25763-1,320---88819191,0558,088-fits. 44fits. 63-------
St. Pancras25,67018,0004,1811,2353,3351,314223,18213-12813112,9924,889-318186614----8
Shoreditch14,11513,7085,3601,4104,493670-4,493--77198240409184-52-------11
Southwark27,41714,6946,7331,4073,9793,0701,1003,370162-311643433557109198933131205113-
Stepney37,90031,81011,91579813,8224,979-11,960--543694712,6582,778--5728-------
Stoke Newington8,6713,97482620168539-1,478--44510046---660----2
Wandsworth75,24349,3277,6621,5893,982304-10,72419-135116144269706-1845016-1125
Westminster22,5366,0431,5178751,37857-1,565--15165251944121,72833248141-----138
Woolwich31,15426,4803,2602,5543,133785-3,905--6584040notkpt448-646128I5158-327112

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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: Battersea, 1; Bethnal Green, 3; Holborn, 1; Islington, 15; Kensington, 1; Paddington, 1; Poplar, 3; St. Pancras, 3; Stepney, 3.
Overcrowding—Hammersmith 2; Kensington, 2.
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, 1932;