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London County Council 1948

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

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Table: Table 35County of London—Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils during the year 1948

Table 35

County of London—Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils during the year 1948

Sanitary authorityCowshedsSlaughterhousesOffensive tradesSmoke nuisancesCommon lodging housesCleansing of persons and roomsWater supplyMilk- shopsice cream premisesRestaurants and eating houses
No. licensedNo. of inspectionsNo. licensedNo. of inspectionsNo. authorisedNo. of inspectionsObservationsIntimationsComplaintsNoticesHouses licensedNo. of inspectionsPersonsRooms or premisesTenement houses extra supplyNo. on registerNo. of inspectionsNo. on registerNo. of inspectionsNo. of placesNo. of inspections
AdultsChildrenAfter infectious diseasesFor vermin
City of London——————5———I21452,4773578—494651101579768
Battersea——1533413858—1304953,2667772621613333863233146335
Bermondsey————111078713145454242,49110038625102274833853144
Bethnal Green————141———I71132628777—16629810226186230
Camberwell173128—4026—I383442,4761,079983—26593305670253421
Chelsea——————25—18———202801963022240123164452204
Deptford——221510—4—164361,411240437—72977815575326
Finsbury——11460118—29—126611,741452351101158490119157175
Fulham——————1526—————245968407345049149156159
Greenwich——2———128—21———7791,78214832195911513349498984
Hackney1—125513215—173761,80591535915297655253328202315
Hammersmitd——33——30316———7752,07775410676381144719281194
Hampstead——————8—1———281158214212644189207192135
Holborn——————74—11—2313581120133357222403575131,640
Islington——647125275546———5171,897520597434956964946225251,547
Kensington——————28—————6833,2444901,74718194240349247214342
Lambeth——1612——17———4202101,0571,879*19777502126213391
Lewisham——213——4—16———2731,592583179—188293247505161540
Paddington—————6—2—1433951303121,4698118458146333139742
Poplar——3—222120929121382031,37127173253619810317469229
St. Marylebone——110——165611—2675181,153811535201602601212008481,295
St. Pancras——2———31—25———1,3602,731471678*309610292935333890
Shoreditch————1122261—1151441133471,251115913441003781781,024
Southwark——1451232—23—6301,4134,1714481,495—186519158137261299
Stepney129——161171421031—475405894481,246167245406176536320906
Stoke Newington————————————841,12495454—36162605346175
Wandsworth——346——23461——350111762435233011,6854591,7124621,485
Westminster——————670148—549524706603807671302941181652,6214,508
Woolwich——2—2†47212—2563412,141465215—49130244882240886
Total33634199724022,2615340443462711,76140,70712,68419,3396344,3039,5895,06510,8809,47321,289

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Note: In the columns above a dash signifies a nil return ; † daily supervision and * information not available.
Seamen's Lodging Houses, 8—Bermondsey 1 (12 inspections) ; Poplar 3 (72 inspections) ; Stepney 4 (62 inspections).
Prosecutions : Ice Cream—St. Pancras 2, Stepney 2, Wandsworth 1 ; Milkshops—Hackney 2, Islington 4, Lewisham 1, St. Panoras 5 ; Smoke Nuisances Bermondsey
Restaurants—St. Pancras 1, Stepney 1, Westminster 43 ; Water Supply—Chelsea 2, Poplar 1, St. Pancras 6.