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 35
County of London—Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils during the year 1948
Sanitary authority | Cowsheds | Slaughterhouses | Offensive trades | Smoke nuisances | Common lodging houses | Cleansing of persons and rooms | Water supply | Milk- shops | ice cream premises | Restaurants and 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | I | 2 | 145 | 2,477 | 35 | 78 | — | 49 | 46 | 51 | 101 | 579 | 768 |
Battersea | — | — | 1 | 53 | 3 | 4 | 138 | 5 | 8 | — | 1 | 30 | 495 | 3,266 | 777 | 262 | 16 | 133 | 338 | 63 | 233 | 146 | 335 |
Bermondsey | — | — | — | — | 11 | 107 | 87 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 45 | 424 | 2,491 | 100 | 386 | 25 | 102 | 274 | 83 | 38 | 53 | 144 |
Bethnal Green | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | I | 7 | 113 | 26 | 28 | 777 | — | 166 | 298 | 102 | 261 | 86 | 230 |
Camberwell | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 8 | — | 40 | 2 | 6 | — | I | 38 | 344 | 2,476 | 1,079 | 983 | — | 265 | 93 | 305 | 670 | 253 | 421 |
Chelsea | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | 18 | — | — | — | 20 | 280 | 196 | 302 | 22 | 40 | 123 | 16 | 44 | 52 | 204 |
Deptford | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 6 | 436 | 1,411 | 240 | 437 | — | 72 | 97 | 78 | 155 | 75 | 326 |
Finsbury | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 60 | 118 | — | 29 | — | 1 | 26 | 61 | 1,741 | 452 | 351 | 10 | 115 | 84 | 90 | 119 | 157 | 175 |
Fulham | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 245 | 968 | 40 | 73 | 450 | 49 | 149 | 156 | 159 |
Greenwich | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 128 | — | 21 | — | — | — | 779 | 1,782 | 148 | 32 | 19 | 59 | 115 | 133 | 494 | 98 | 984 |
Hackney | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 15 | — | 1 | 7 | 376 | 1,805 | 915 | 359 | 15 | 297 | 655 | 253 | 328 | 202 | 315 |
Hammersmitd | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | 30 | 3 | 16 | — | — | — | 775 | 2,077 | 75 | 410 | 6 | 76 | 381 | 144 | 719 | 281 | 194 |
Hampstead | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 28 | 11 | 582 | 142 | 12 | 64 | 41 | 89 | 207 | 192 | 135 |
Holborn | — | — | — | — | — | — | 74 | — | 11 | — | 2 | 3 | 135 | 81 | 120 | 133 | 3 | 57 | 222 | 40 | 357 | 513 | 1,640 |
Islington | — | — | 6 | 47 | 12 | 52 | 75 | 5 | 46 | — | — | — | 517 | 1,897 | 520 | 597 | 43 | 495 | 696 | 494 | 622 | 525 | 1,547 |
Kensington | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | 683 | 3,244 | 490 | 1,747 | 18 | 194 | 240 | 349 | 247 | 214 | 342 |
Lambeth | — | — | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | 420 | 210 | 1,057 | 1,879 | * | 197 | 77 | 502 | 126 | 213 | 391 |
Lewisham | — | — | 2 | 13 | — | — | 4 | — | 16 | — | — | — | 273 | 1,592 | 583 | 179 | — | 188 | 293 | 247 | 505 | 161 | 540 |
Paddington | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 43 | 395 | 130 | 312 | 1,469 | 8 | 118 | 458 | 146 | 333 | 139 | 742 | |
Poplar | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | 22 | 120 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 138 | 203 | 1,371 | 271 | 732 | 5 | 36 | 198 | 103 | 174 | 69 | 229 |
St. Marylebone | — | — | 1 | 10 | — | — | 165 | 6 | 11 | — | 2 | 67 | 518 | 1,153 | 811 | 535 | 20 | 160 | 260 | 121 | 200 | 848 | 1,295 |
St. Pancras | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 31 | — | 25 | — | — | — | 1,360 | 2,731 | 471 | 678 | * | 309 | 610 | 292 | 935 | 333 | 890 |
Shoreditch | — | — | — | — | 1 | 12 | 226 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 144 | 113 | 347 | 1,251 | 115 | 91 | 344 | 100 | 378 | 178 | 1,024 |
Southwark | — | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 32 | — | 23 | — | 6 | 30 | 1,413 | 4,171 | 448 | 1,495 | — | 186 | 519 | 158 | 137 | 261 | 299 |
Stepney | 1 | 29 | — | — | 16 | 117 | 142 | 10 | 31 | — | 4 | 75 | 405 | 89 | 448 | 1,246 | 167 | 245 | 406 | 176 | 536 | 320 | 906 |
Stoke Newington | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 84 | 1,124 | 95 | 454 | — | 36 | 162 | 60 | 53 | 46 | 175 |
Wandsworth | — | — | 3 | 46 | — | — | 23 | 4 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 350 | 111 | 762 | 435 | 23 | 301 | 1,685 | 459 | 1,712 | 462 | 1,485 |
Westminster | — | — | — | — | — | — | 670 | 1 | 48 | — | 5 | 49 | 524 | 706 | 603 | 807 | 67 | 130 | 294 | 118 | 165 | 2,621 | 4,508 |
Woolwich | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | † | 47 | 2 | 12 | — | 2 | 56 | 341 | 2,141 | 465 | 215 | — | 49 | 130 | 244 | 882 | 240 | 886 |
Total | 3 | 36 | 34 | 199 | 72 | 402 | 2,261 | 53 | 404 | 4 | 34 | 627 | 11,761 | 40,707 | 12,684 | 19,339 | 634 | 4,303 | 9,589 | 5,065 | 10,880 | 9,473 | 21,289 |
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.