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London County Council 1934

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

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Table:

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.
In borough.Occupied by the working classes.Representations.Closing orders.Demolition orders.
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.
City of London2,10149217617919253125--214346131---------3
Battersea28,14625,2578,0017252,9901,292192,285230-654—202066757—295131253——5522
Bermondsey19,02218,8784,3532,5834,8181,977-4,818——972,4192011,5785,737—46433962941—2117281
Bethnal Green18,285*18,0007,4738565,1512,286-5,535————28—287864—85271131——1113
Camberwell43,12334,5004,8569654,9201,476104,3281—131025123924583383926362—3—66
Chelsea12 4135,55083317346872—373——11202056940-—-——————66
Deptford19,40017,4602,3011,5322,65663242,965--54--666--152-13189--913-
Finsbury10,50310,0001,7938802.413365372,413--676313128213,4773173118--—-——68
Fulham26,72926,7293,9435513,0927162782,829190—19537235554,657-——433————-
Greenwich19,29114,4682,480—1,24917581,68879—66817010415023191201865———19
Hackney37,19715,5235,9851,8944,5281,320604,45253—381780345081,293—688315812741—-43
Hammersmith22,69117,5007,6431803,5191,355-3,401——1156491,77344-112—28—41429
Hampstead15,908*9,50094878912170256614——4122131,5541,169-——104021———5
Holborn6,462-60070396562396--5533462778-10-18202—3—-
Islington46,00030,0007,5141,6694,7855488421,43084—10910961619881,001—109-1178——951
Kensington29,29914,0002,9861,6122,428494862,4281161202021213,15510,560-33244760791734-—
Lambeth48,873*36,00011,9583154,30614694,784163-2716-----6176009267—11012
Lewisham49,000-2,7245541,447458—1,198——1—22112675--—638——32—
Paddington20,82610,0001,735-2,1143271351,467119—14513148451,4164,479--—165199149—7-—
Poplar23,58323,0006,9862,9665,2992,03924,997—29637252421,528-117985212—1110
St. Marylebone18,0208,6202,3836981,41342-1,413—-737328281,0557,290—147250-——————
St. Pancras25,67018,0004,5405703,3971,344112,91850-795822154,0722,747—298153512————13
Shoreditch14,07713,5597,6701,3254,785668-4,785——109125195418744—150100239————17
Southwark27,16820,0001,1873,7453,1731,0474923,249555—411437371,5511,5513106106——2912219—
Stepney37,75731,7084,93569812,8074,7281311,1642-6988674622,7702,327—12810117682—44—
Stoke Newington8,7134,07477624863418—1,767—-6642In- c'mplete84—100-15252———4
Wandsworth76,46350,0088,5151,0603,593379-3,392—-18988293343644—417-121292—61895
Westminster City of22,5365,9831,7213,9091,60349-1,861—-29185194Est.4,0008,943—110151264423—12429
Woolwich33,58328,8835,1017722,64244422,344—-533018No register702-36027830458—523—

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*Approximately. 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: Bethnal Green, 9; Hampstead, 1; Islington, 1; Kensington, 10; Paddington, 4; Poplar, 2; St. Pancras, 2; Stepney, 4.
Overcrowding.—Camberwell, 1; Greenwich, 1; Kensington, 3; Paddington, 1; St. Pancras, 1; Shoreditch, 1.