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London County Council 1935

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

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Table: Table 68.

Table 68.

BoroughNo. of housesPublic Health ActHousing Acts 1925-1935
No. of houses in-spectedon account of complaints or illnessNo. of statutory notices servedNo. of houses repairedNo. of houses inspectedHousing Art 1930Housing Act 1935No. of houses for working classes erected during the yearUnderground roomsHouses let in lodgings
In boroughOccupied by the working classesSection 1Sections 17 & 18 No. of houses repairedNumber of houses demolishedClosing OrdersRe-development schemes by owners
No. of houses representedNo. of houses demolishedby ownersBy L.A.Section 19VoluntarilyNo. madeNo. deter minedNo. of housesNo. of certificates issuedNo. occupied but unfitNo. closed or modified occupation approvedNo. in boroughNo. of inspectionsNo. of prosecutionsNo. of complaints remedied
City of London2,1051,74866344104-----2-----1-3697-3
Battersea28,14025,7506,4151,4365,8681,021——40——60————50--66843——
Bermondsey19,14619,0024,3092.2985,7164,298629290——410————4592,40011,2054,278—50
Bethnal Green18,285‡6,9042,7226,00598315331--------40*—2801,2166—
Camberwell41,00038,4906,6592,2264,361517192312—3—3————435249229——
Chelsea12,5775,11280966362139—-——2129—-—————59526——
Deptford18,572116,7002,1596983,2551,470--1-5------*6666---
Finsbury10,50310,0002,0162962,340840—-——77—————‡560-7762,6682-
Fulham26,756‡3,5086832,201909—-663412————27 flats12377461,1088205
Greenwich20,14215,9812,7432121,71473010267108——-5———1611101145--
Hackney37,53215,8156,0591,1665,0921,49228711073—33—--—18023234611,243—94
Hammersmith23,49020,8237,0961,3093,73510839-1-1-10----331,7733511
Hampstead16,344‡ 50%9862987904611319———1913--—290‡4,00031,5591,0373—
Holborn6,4623,8324684522366--9-3151----5832460739-31
Islington‡ 46,000‡30,0008,1137526,3671,679—36115—213917——8*1059835,74810821
Kensington29,29911,6743,7073892,8201,997573020544—2030--55 flats-593,1618,2724828
Lambeth48,87348,18411,1681554,227145—25196———35———3714-_—--
Lewisham‡ 50,000‡ 20,0002,7433451,1633674128—————————--2839--
Paddington21,09212,1002,0841,1241,725———266———12—1——*2031,3765,474172,811
Poplar23,47323,2855,8871,8594,941—2585—219————98772671,033324
St. Marylebone18,6458,6382,568381,309724-----------815251,0557,107--
St. Pancras25,67020,0004,2778142,876970512659—921————*394,4072,2297300
Shoreditch13,92513,8181,2426404,60913235944——58—-——30 flats11—421332-—
Southwark29,25327,8101,8351,4313,4722,386126—400—2—121——1322,36416****
Stepney37,76631,7175,0503,45111,852703105112——2901———1536,15983,2761,4471787
Stoke Newington8,7195,149613392,359282-94----9------10043--
Wandsworth77,75550,1147,3878224,2421,8002569-—17716————2713401,533-84
Westminster City of22,53614,6551,477551,4313,380852023—11041———1282,824903,3508,1271-
Woolwich34,50329,8034,5585392,2961,00813563417359————42211*454——

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* Information not available.
†Practically all.
Note.—In the columns above a dash signifies a nil return.
‡ Estimated.