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London County Council 1937

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

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Table: Table 71

Table 71

BoroughNo. of houses in boroughPublic Health ActNo. of houses inspectedSection 25Sections 9 & 10Housing Acts, 1936
No. of houses in-spectedon account of complaints or illnessNo. of statutory notices servedNo. of houses repairedNumber of houses demolishedClosing OrdersOvercrowdingNo. of houses for working classes erected during the yearUnderground roomsHouses let in lodgings
No. of houses representedNo. of houses demolishedNo. of houses repairedNo. of families overcrowdedNo. of families alternative accom. obtainedNo. occupied but unfitNo. closed or modified occupation approvedNo. in boroughNo. of inspectionsNo. of prosecutionsNo. of complaints remedied
By ownersBy L.A.Section 11VoluntarilyNo. madeNo. deter j mined
City of London2,1963532854__——————112_20—3691—6
Battersea28,4404,8721,5372,5931,1283512455—233—432940182,545265331——
Bermondsey19,6063,8901,8114,3053,3542963021,152—95——3,0224494482,249411,1023,25614
Bethnal Green18,1561,7322,4295,9005761331——11——17978435*12701,473——
Camberwell41,1796,3422,1464,5081,1234715524755. 1-—38232—5207245112——
Chelsea13,0165472327617010847———87——107038_——_60532——
Deptford18,2502,1468052,9971,6468131359155——65695———
Finsbury‡10,5001,6207681,926748———————2,44246—‡1,50077581,792——
Fulham26,9644,7635642,817273—4415032—4—413873701667746———
Greenwich21,6302,5121871,8581911659523—6121—7513407629219796——
Hackney37,8596,1361,1194,852834934646——351——504793916916475558391
Hammersmith23,9596,7381,4292,660181034——————1,687267—*271,773———
Hampstead16,9971,2368731,17640—4——————1625—620571,564588—258
Holborn6,46222446191135————5—91384276—66977394871—183
Islington‡46,2966,1595835,2151,4891412295—913019—6,652193159*2609836,0093491
Kensington29,6532,6081681,254857163713611—41—2,034450—383783,1612,8151539
Lambeth48,87310,4903264,36419—35612—7143,162881——141————
Lcwisham‡60,0002,6052481,1703848860——————112434—331763278——
Paddington21,5922,2956982,037——4226———73276838*1782,0318,025145,885
Poplar23,9775,4781,6574,081—1013——3812——1903383664553472176683
St. Marylebone19,9742,610371,273600————22871,619550—6581328526,164—7
St Pancras25,6704,5671,2392,5927244741208———1—27512153*1414,9851,0404323
Shoreditch13,85912,6068744,474568—4357—3140——279269—221106378208——
Southwark29,1661,7061,2452,6971,965104851322—16742,7691,424503,47176See footnote
Stepney37,2064,0022,89610,48359568———3——16,7386393545,9491853,3561,838785
Stoke Newington8,81372963636179_911——21—41016496_710043——
Wandsworth80,1637,5931,4624,4492,03419898——41828—1,3464541261774340479—5
WestminsterCity of22,5361,887318202,4496415——2172518298403742,2412693,3504,841—94
Woolwich37,2324,6033581,583471881281—52572—39018426644*231——

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* Information not available. ‡ Estimated.
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.