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London County Council 1936

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

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Table: Table 59.

Table 59.

BoroughNo. of houses in boroughPublic Health ActHousing Acts 1925-1935
No. of houses inspectedHousing Act 1930Housing Act 1935 † OvercrowdingNo. if houses for working classes erected during the yearUnderground roomsHouses let in lodgings
No. of houses inspectedon account of complaints or illnessNo. of statutory notices servedNo. of bouses repaired
Section 1Sections 17 & 18Number of houses demolishedClosing Orders
No. in boroughNo. of inspectionsNo. of prosecutionsNo. of complaints remedied
No. of houses representedNo. of houses demolishedNo. of houses investigated.No. of families overcrowdedNo. of families alternative accom. obtainedNo. occupied but unfitNo. cloeed or modified occupation approved
No. of houses repaired
No. madeN o. determined
By ownersBy L.A.Section 19Voluntarily
City of London2,15450323165–––––68––1,74880––1–3859-1
Battersea28,3295,7911,4412,4901,08715518---6-25,7501,96895502,547-655871-
Bermondsey19,4023,9991,6654,5993,912251367741-1882-18,3503,1893004622,35051,1914,168-33
Bethnal Green18,2852,1222,5555,75973396-------26,0934,07146156*-2761,2357-
Camberwell41,0976,7672,6555,0601,70317977100-3110-41,0972,950157-53715428361-3
Chelsea12,6367545629012623-–-680--5,11274916414--60510--
Deptford18,6001,9546582,8631,0786---1-1-18,5721,285101-*26695*-*
Finsbury10,6002,2113052,450842--------10,6002,44231*591257762,260--
Fulham26,8924,8286492,463703249-6428--3-24,5021,7951422753174612--
Greenwich21,1742,6182442,2876253111118-952-15,9811,088797917198100--
ilackney37,8666,3521,2805,0731,216343802--18--35,1672,866401-10311477893167
Hammersmith23,7915,7191,3832,913861266------20,8231,654--111,7732-3
Hampstead16,6161,15538669774-----344-17,9134551-396191,5654692163
Hoi born6,4626105918010713---5424-3,83273587–74636427723-24
Islington‡ 46,0007,71780521,6721,464141-36--459-44,3906,757105–*1629836,307-669
Kensington29,4982,4902061,4601,10819721723–121-11,6742,53471–63583,1615,829-762
Lambeth48,87312,6612464,1712312624953374548,1843,881199639030----
l.cwisham‡ 52,0002,7683761,18262210340--–26-35,1821,057461–914884--
I 'aldington21,3922,1566841,967-198-559-–-26112,1001 99815-*1391,75110,170196,337
Poplar23,9525,2721,6624,560-3026--1---23,2854,0804452*53151,568157
St. Marylebone19,4203,330101,205927--------16,0091,6147-7901051,0558,693--
St Pancras25,6704,4208373,0891,0286277143-2124-}20,0004,42558106*1664,6852,43310319
Shoreditch13,9258,8248404,684535104478--81--13,9253,8872352017-417444--
Southwark29,2532,4181,0152,723979271-536-5-53327,8104,321609482,34915See footnote.See footnote.
Stepney37,2373,8763,59612,2432072249--2---35,1998,2862551546,134103,4272,096194
Stoke Newington8,721778482,084150-3--–4--6,486476120-11‡10047--
Wandsworth78,4057,1797464,4222,2373897--100822-81,3651,801278117520340680--
Westminstercity of22,5361,396379542,8381162---3035314,9361,1742472022,5312213,3507,4023-
Woolwich‡ 36,1644,3124121,84138480602-6252--34,4616834533822*237--

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* Information not available. ‡ Estimated,
† The figures shown for inspections under the overcrowding survey include a certain number made prior to the year 1936 and not included in the return for 1935.
The question of "houses let in lodgings " in the case of Southwark is the subject of a special report by the borough medical officer to his Council, which will be
included in his annual report.