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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County of London.—Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils during the year 1934.
Sanitary authority. | No. licensed. | No. of inspections. | No. licensed. | No. of inspections. | No. authorised. | No. of inspections. | Observations. | Intimations. | Complaints. | Notices. | Houses licensed. | No. of inspections. | Persons. | Rooms or premises. | Tenement houses extra supply. | No. on register. | No. of inspections. | No. on register. | No. of inspections. | No. of places. | No. of inspections. | ||
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Adults. | Children. | After infectious diseases. | For vermin. | ||||||||||||||||||||
City of London | — | — | — | — | — | 340 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 107 | 1,154 | 251 | 22 | 291 | 121 | 16 | 16 | 974 | 981 | ||||
Rattersea | — | — | 2 | 122 | 3 | 5 | 61 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 92 | 209 | 3,989 | 2,490 | 308 | 21 | 314 | 196 | 212 | 99 | 128 | 249 |
Bermondsey | — | — | — | — | 14 | 89 | 69 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 65 | 118 | 3,404 | 1,920 | 1,163 | 36 | 298 | 552 | 122 | 493 | 138 | 343 |
Bethnal Green | 8 | 47 | 11 | 164 | 1 | 16 | 41 | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 47 | 307 | 14 | 1,017 | 432 | _ | 300 | 758 | 172 | 343 | 218 | 846 |
Camberwell | 1 | 15 | 2 | 88 | 10 | 35 | 60 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 187 | 40 | 4,924 | 2,600 | 984 | 18 | 501 | 1,659 | 335 | 371 | 203 | 270 |
Chelsea | — | — | 1 | 20 | — | — | 30 | — | 10 | — | 2 | 24 | 31 | 540 | 390 | 412 | _ | 70 | 130 | 30 | 41 | 70 | 68 |
Deptford | — | — | 2 | 202 | 7 | 30 | 18 | — | — | — | 6 | 93 | 47 | 2,111 | 1,090 | 190 | — | 234 | 395 | 165 | 114 | 65 | 456 |
Finsbury | — | — | 1 | 75 | 3 | 76 | 56 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 106 | 37 | 3 | 1,377 | 688 | 233 | 174 | 333 | 138 | 254 | 271 | 428 |
Fulham | — | — | 2 | 142 | — | — | 134 | 1 | 15 | — | 2 | 62 | 18 | — | 1,486 | 135 | — | 112 | 696 | 183 | 199 | 114 | 341 |
Greenwich | 3 | 3 | 3 | 246 | 2 | 2 | 22 | — | 20 | — | 2 | 9 | 16 | 961 | 1,183 | 158 | 22 | 177 | 251 | 135 | 178 | 71 | 111 |
Hackney | 3 | 36 | 10 | 632 | 16 | 81 | 1,814 | 17 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 130 | 2090 | 2,819 | 760 | 26 | 217 | 475 | 301 | 440 | 192 | 316 |
Hammersmith | — | — | 4 | 301 | — | — | 176 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 183 | 1,923 | 1,336 | 19 | 59 | 161 | 1,127 | 155 | 220 | 191 | 700 |
Hampstead | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 37 | 785 | 2,287 | 60 | 27 | 84 | 196 | 59 | 22 | 56 | 51 |
Holborn | — | — | — | — | — | — | 156 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 54 | 158 | 4 | 313 | 155 | 6 | 144 | 125 | 42 | 95 | 298 | 453 |
Islington | — | — | 8 | 504 | 12 | 142 | 83 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 20 | 396 | 41 | 6,087 | 1,924 | 276 | 200 | 401 | 628 | 448 | 199 | 537 | 693 |
Kensington | — | — | 2 | 86 | — | — | 159 | 2 | 12 | — | 5 | 165 | 652 | 4,085 | 1,733 | 662 | 47 | 149 | 512 | 200 | 142 | 163 | 1,437 |
Lambeth | — | — | 3 | 137 | 3 | 50 | 74 | 74 | 74 | — | 3 | 172 | 272 | — | 5,644 | 2 031 | — | 518 | 1,821 | 408 | 1,566 | 177 | 520 |
Lewisham | 1 | 4 | 6 | 510 | — | — | 50 | 12 | 21 | — | — | — | 6 | 1,023 | 2,114 | 153 | — | 138 | 252 | 176 | 184 | 125 | 120 |
Paddington | — | — | 2 | 250 | 1 | 50 | 47 | — | 11 | — | 3 | 59 | 43 | 7 | 244 | 54 | 129 | 333 | 178 | 161 | 130 | 83 | |
Poplar | 3 | 36 | 5 | 73 | 5 | 100 | 51 | 5 | 24 | — | 5 | 142 | 145 | 2,592 | 2,135 | 243 | 2 | 112 | 376 | 211 | 329 | 828 | 1,498 |
St. Marylebone | — | — | 1 | 12 | 2 | 37 | 336 | 5 | 11 | — | 3 | 139 | 2,787 | 2,661 | 763 | 692 | 22 | 197 | 245 | 86 | 120 | 365 | 420 |
St. Pancras | — | — | 2 | 152 | 2 | 45 | 396 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 2,156 | 6,008 | 1,245 | 228 | 109 | 387 | 799 | 296 | 252 | 292 | 763 |
Shoreditch | 2 | 19 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 4 | — | . 4 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 974 | 74 | 56 | 307 | 1,263 | 172 | 369 | 260 | 696 |
South wark | — | — | 4 | 382 | 4 | 18 | 157 | 4 | 23 | — | 19 | 173 | 2,079 | 5,061 | 1,721 | 1,627 | 99 | 398 | 1,710 | 272 | 323 . | 423 | 1,278 |
Stepney | 19 | 134 | — | — | 53 | 357 | 329 | 50 | 50 | 6 | 17 | 383 | 214 | 6 | 1.963 | 768 | 13 | 341 | 1,329 | 311 | 522 | 355 | 753 |
Stoke Newington | — | — | 3 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | 2,550 | 315 | 194 | 6 | 101 | 262 | 52 | 83 | 34 | 121 |
Wandsworth | 1 | 15 | 5 | 796 | — | — | 250 | 26 | 66 | 4 | — | — | 280 | — | 3,431 | 121 | 46 | 240 | 721 | 566 | 599 | 444 | 561 |
Westminster | — | — | — | — | — | — | 875 | 5 | 58 | — | 5 | 187 | 480 | 517 | 1.058 | 133 | 6 | 212 | 404 | 75 | 87 | 1,319 | 1,217 |
Woolwich | 8 | 86 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 11 | — | 9 | 152 | 7 | 2,326 | 1,574 | 1,371 | — | 77 | 254 | 195 | 217 | 180 | 203 |
Note.—In the columns above a dash signifies a nil return. Prosecutions.—Common lodging houses—Chelsea, 2. Seamen's lodging houses—Poplar, 1. Ice cream premises—Poplar, 1 ; Stepney, 1 ; Islington, 1. Offensive trades—Stepney, 1. Water supply—Hammersmith, 3 ; Islington, 1. |