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London County Council 1944

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

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London Civil Defence Region—War damage to dwellings* (As from 3rd September, 1939)

DistrictNo. of dwellings in August, 1939Totally destroyedSo seriously damaged, had to be demolishedSeriously damaged, unoccupied •Total destroyed or seriously damaged and unoccupiedStill occupied
Seriously damagedMinor damage
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
West%%%%%%
169,3902.31.25.08.54.150.4
North155,4165.91.05.712.66.365.1
Central20,7537.70.15.413.22.662 .7
East97,28415.06.48.329.78.357.2
S.E.263,6777.32.28.217.710.470.7
S.W107,9783.51.47.011.912.870.4
Total for County of London814,4986.42.16.915.48.263.5
Outer Ring
N169,2410.51.63.75.86.774.2
N.W219,8371.20.42.74.35.046.3
W317,4240.81.02.74.53.966.2
S.W154,1430.91.93.66.47.777.7
E257,8713.35.611.420.39.864.9
S.E122,9982.01.95.59.44.678.1
London County Council housing property (a)95,0002.6(b)8.210.818.264.4
Total London Civil Defence Region.2,151,0123-42 05.911.37.565.1

*As in August, 1945.
(a) Whether within the county area or without.
(b) Included in column (3).
GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH
Housing
Notifications under section 33 of the Housing Act, 1936, continued to be received
during the year from several of the Metropolitan Borough Councils as a result of
the circular letter No. 2778, dated 4th March, 1943, from the Ministry of Health.
In this letter, local authorities were asked to formulate a year's programme, which
could be put into operation immediately conditions permit, whether during or
after the war. Certain preliminary work involving conferences and the searching
of records was undertaken in connection with these proposals.
Many applications for preferential consideration for rehousing on the Council's
estates, on grounds of ill-health, were received, particularly towards the end of
the year. Appropriate recommendations on the applications received were made
to the Council's Valuer.
Tuberculous milk
Milk sampling for the presence of tubercle bacilli has continued throughout
the year. Most of the milk received in London was transported in rail and road
tanks and the remainder came in churns. Only the churn milk was sampled, and
31 (3.7 per cent.) of 830 completed examinations of milk showed the presence of
tubercle bacilli, compared with 2.3 per cent. in 1943. The source of infection was
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