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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Table 70 County of London—Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils during the year 1937
Sanitary authority | Cowsheds | Slaughterhouses | Offensive trades | Smoke nuisances | Common lodging houses | Cleansing of persons and rooms | Water supply | Milk-shops | ice cream premises | Restaurants am eating houses | |||||||||||||
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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 | |||
Adults | Children | After infectious diseases | For vermin | ||||||||||||||||||||
City of London | — | — | — | — | — | — | 462 | — | 21 | — | 1 | 3 | 123 | 1,031 | 32 | 31 | _ | 81 | 127 | 57 | 64 | 1,029 | 571 |
Battersea | — | — | 1 | 99 | 3 | 8 | 173 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 389 | 4,256 | 1,696 | 544 | 25 | 120 | 522 | 231 | 330 | 130 | 343 |
Bermondsey | — | — | — | — | 14 | 373 | 69 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 131 | 3,214 | 751 | 1,091 | 25 | 260 | 674 | 148 | 379 | 131 | 117 |
Bethnal Green | 7 | 60 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 275 | 29 | 1 | 29 | — | 4 | 34 | 348 | 50 | 165 | 1,650 | — | 367 | 807 | 179 | 331 | 97 | 399 |
Camberwell | 1 | 7 | 2 | 76 | 9 | 29 | 81 | 4 | 22 | — | 1 | 60 | 103 | 5,579 | 1,951 | 1,320 | 18 | 562 | 1,158 | 406 | 681 | 202 | 582 |
Chelsea | — | 1 | 7 | — | —_ | 6 | _ | 3 | — | 2 | 12 | 27 | 515 | 280 | 369 | 1 | 75 | 170 | 44 | 50 | 65 | 70 | |
Deptford | — | — | 2 | 233 | 7 | 10 | 12 | — | — | — | 5 | 49 | 81 | 2,580 | 595 | 159 | — | 226 | 328 | 149 | 171 | 45 | 390 |
Finsbury | — | — | 1 | 110 | 3 | 605 | 179 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 112 | 35 | 5 | 937 | 309 | 155 | 171 | 632 | 135 | 222 | 341 | 26 |
Fulham | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | 4 | 39 | 5 | 830 | 385 | — | 106 | 485 | 232 | 94 | 122 | 110 |
Greenwich | — | — | 3 | 304 | 1 | 9 | 45 | 3 | 16 | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1,745 | 562 | 220 | 24 | 194 | 350 | 143 | 209 | 98 | 417 |
Hackney | 2 | 65 | 8 | 563 | 10 | 40 | 1298 | 29 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 26 | 619 | 3,751 | 1,774 | 832 | 10 | 125 | 1,184 | 340 | 495 | 211 | 198 |
Hammersmith | — | — | 3 | 80 | — | — | 59 | 7 | 4 | —_ | 1 | 13 | 292 | 2,935 | 727 | 62 | 30 | 178 | 800 | 169 | 246 | 195 | 497 |
Hampstead | — | — | — | — | 20 | 5 | 8 | — | — | — | 78 | 605 | 1,429 | 75 | 11 | 107 | 143 | 111 | 44 | 110 | 42 | ||
Holborn | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 215 | I | 9 | _ | 3 | 16 | 102 | — | 434 | 140 | — | 159 | 336 | 70 | 74 | 521 | 1,072 |
Islington | — | — | 8 | 305 | 12 | 135 - | 69 | 22 | 33 | 2 | 17 | 425 | 55 | 6,237 | 2,173 | 173 | 289 | 240 | 878 | 480 | 701 | 544 | 889 |
Kensington | — | — | 1 | 22 | — | 19 | _ | 8 | — | 3 | 146 | 304 | 4,983 | 1,451 | 1,178 | 86 | 137 | 462 | 300 | 372 | 183 | 594 | |
Lambeth | — | — | 3 | 112 | 3 | 51 | 81 | 43 | 43 | — | 3 | 175 | 318 | — | 1,873 | 1,858 | 19 | 504 | 1,131 | 407 | 1,222 | 227 | 460 |
Lewisham | 1 | 4 | 5 | 335 | — | — | 248 | 18 | 29 | 1 | — | — | — | 1,222 | 1,246 | 130 | 27 | 131 | 176 | 364 | 402 | 123 | 254 |
Paddington | — | — | 1 | 322 | — | — | 14 | 2 | g | 1 | 3 | 124 | 95 | 14 | _ | 121 | 156 | 139 | 588 | 198 | 316 | 163 | 460 |
Poplar | l | 19 | 7 | 32 | 4 | 83 | 38 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 132 | 150 | 4,120 | 1,543 | 1,883 | 18 | 85 | 355 | 212 | 267 | 1,098 | 1,691 |
St. Marylebone | — | — | 1 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 186 | 4 | 27 | — | 2 | 34 | — | — | 537 | 278 | 21 | 182 | 250 | 105 | 125 | 386 | 442 |
St. Puncras | — | — | 3 | 144 | 2 | 75 | 262 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2,197 | 5,923 | 989 | 212 | 68 | 426 | 1,246 | 341 | 557 | 306 | 1,078 |
Shoreditch | 1 | 11 | — | — | 1 | 7 | 58 | 6 | 4 | — | 4 | 29 | 44 | 13 | 834 | 155 | 123 | 288 | 729 | 185 | 287 | 231 | 417 |
Southwark | — | — | 229 | 3 | 10 | 221 | 1 | 14 | — | 13 | 149 | 2,203 | 5,547 | 809 | 955 | 30 | 394 | 1,540 | 222 | 310 | 342 | 386 | |
Stepney | 17 | 128 | — | — | 51 | 338 | 438 | 66 | 72 | 1 | 16 | 258 | 165 | — | 1,147 | 1,040 | 17 | 617 | 1,273 | 366 | 563 | 385 | 567 |
— | — | 3 | 7 | — | 17 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2,540 | 321 | 95 | 13 | 101 | 283 | 83 | 85 | 33 | 107 | ||
Wandsworth | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1184 | 2 | 6 | 209 | 24 | 30 | 2 | — | — | 317 | 57 | 2,076 | 200 | 4 | 199 | 510 | 683 | 915 | 533 | 638 |
Westminster | — | — | — | — | — | — | 522 | 24 | 36 | 2 | 5 | 166 | 411 | 645 | 613 | 120 | 3 | 229 | 439 | 132 | 181 | 1,447 | 1,601 |
Woolwich | 5 | 46 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 18 | — | 10 | 1 | 9 | 65 | 26 | 2,707 | 1,042 | 1,377 | — | 71 | 310 | 247 | 250 | 172 | 041 |
Note.—In the columns above a dash signifies a nil return.
Seamen's lodging houses, 15—Bermondsey, 3 (8 inspections) ; Poplar, 2 (79 inspections); Stepney, 10 (108 inspections).
Prosecutions.— Ice cream—Stepney, 2. Milkshops—Bethnal Green, 1 ; Hackney, 2; Islington, 3; Stepney, 14. Smoke nuisances—Islington, 1.
Restaurants—Westminster, 1. Water supply—Paddington, 2; Poplar, 1; St. Pancras, 1.