London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils during 1948
| Borough | No. of houses in borough | Public Health Act | Housing Acts, 1936 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness | No. of statutory notices served | No. of houses repaired | No. of houses inspected | Section 25 | Sections 9 & 10 | Number of houses demolished | Closing Orders | Overcrowding | No. of dwellings for working classes erected during the year | Underground rooms | Houses let in lodgings | |||||||||||
| No. of houses represented | No. of houses demolished | No. of houses repaired | No. of families overcrowded | No. of families alternative accom-obtained | No. occupied but unfit | No. closed or modified occupation approved | No. in borough | No. of inspections | No. of prosecutions | No. of complaints remedied | ||||||||||||
| Section 11 | Voluntarily | No. made | No. determined | |||||||||||||||||||
| By owners | By L. A. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| City of London | 2,166 | 13 | — | 10 | 7 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | 5 | — | 26 | 15 | — | — | |
| Battersea | 26,974 | 4,890 | 2,727 | 11,759 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 710 | 326 | 67 | * | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Bermondsey | 15,598 | 5,359 | 1,264 | 4,013 | 1,238 | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | 184 | 37 | 65 | 859 | 1 | 419 | 1,024 | — | 15 | |
| Bethnal Green | 16,512 | 4,989 | 5,323 | 2,856 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 361 | 1,477 | 68 | — | — | 204 | 602 | — | — |
| Camberwell | 38,463 | 8,823 | 2,746 | 4,573 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 383 | 234 | — | * | 2 | 2,800‡ | — | — | — |
| Chelsea | 14,935 | 2,230 | 741 | 828 | 109 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 69 | 8 | 108 | — | — | 575 | — | — | — |
| Deptford | 16,789 | 3,350 | 1,160 | 2,735 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | 165 | 30 | 151 | — | — | * | — | — | — |
| Finsbury | 9,890 | 1,986 | 45 | 1,061 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 97 | 300 | — | 1,400 | — | 478 | 578 | — | — |
| Fulham | 30,518 | 5,288 | 1,936 | 22,789 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | 195 | 50 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Greenwich | 20,863 | 2,967 | 450 | 2,151 | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | 160 | 394 | 159 | 69 | 15 | 3 | 36 | — | 1 |
| Hackney | 38,289 | 10,928 | 2,148 | 5,795 | 67 | 27 | 24 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 476 | 357 | 240 | 214 | * | * | * | * | |
| Hammersmith | ‡24,000 | 4,979 | 1,889 | 3,417 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 521 | 237 | 62 | 3 | — | ‡19,600 | — | — | — | |
| Hampstead | 19,468 | 2,590 | 907 | 1,820 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 375 | * | 43 | 516 | 11 | — | — | — | — | |
| Holborn | 5,674 | 635 | 85 | 1,161 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | 61 | 31 | 50 | 523 | 17 | 311 | 351 | — | 22 | |
| Islington | 40,462 | 11,138 | 5,564 | 12,153 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 78 | 21 | — | 924 | 1,023 | 375 | * | 2 | * | — | — | — |
| Kensington | 36,416 | 8,302 | 1,939 | 3,086 | 279 | — | — | 59 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 664 | 85 | — | ‡4,000 | 187 | 4,615 | 279 | — | 27 |
| Lambeth | ‡45,000 | 16,431 | 2,433 | 16,076 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 811 | 258 | 140 | — | 13 | — | — | — | |||
| Lewisham | 58,113 | 7,084 | 955 | 2,743 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6 | — | 1,401 | * | 119 | * | * | 11 | — | — | ||
| Paddington | 22,041 | 5,166 | 1,520 | 4,511 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 7 | 290 | 369 | 48 | * | 27 | ‡6,000 | * | 178 | 1,077 |
| Poplar | 15,688 | 4,897 | 2,114 | 4,061 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 283 | 212 | 74 | 15 | 15 | 141 | 466 | — | 36 |
| St. Marylebone | 21,500 | 2,317 | 239 | 1,164 | 375 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1,200 | 126 | — | ‡2,500 | 37 | 1,957 | 6,280 | 21 | 32 |
| St. Pancras | 25,719 | 8,102 | 3,498 | 6,567 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | * | 688 | 134 | * | 68 | * | — | 212 | — | |
| Shoreditch | 9,450 | 4,283 | 537 | 585 | 1,364 | 20 | — | 24 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 303 | 153 | 48 | 44 | 26 | * | * | — | — |
| Southwark | 23,124 | 5,667 | 927 | 3,000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 354 | 265 | 53 | * | 5 | * | — | — | — |
| Stepney | 25,130 | 10,524 | 1,235 | 5,585 | 122 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 414 | 485 | 163 | ‡4,000 | 7 | 1,813 | 939 | 1 | 8 |
| Stoke Newington | ‡8,500 | 2,163 | 297 | 798 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 65 | 38 | 135 | — | 92 | 10 | 15 | — | — |
| Wandsworth | 93,737 | 15,193 | 9,621 | 9,126 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 240 | 58 | 191 | 20 | 13 | — | — | — | — |
| Westminster, C. of | 22,536 | 1,944 | 116 | 1,313 | 412 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 5 | 109 | 79 | — | 2,644 | 70 | 3,350 | 2,513 | — | 23 |
| Woolwich | 37,366 | 6,303 | 830 | 2,279 | 103 | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | 2 | — | 219 | 86 | 465 | * | 4 | 58 | 91 | — | 22 |
| Total | 764,921 | 168,541 | 53,646 | 138,012 | 4,198 | 57 | 23 | 90 | 50 | 52 | 95 | 76 | 52 | 11,050 | 7,415 | 3,026 | 16,813 | 114 | 12,360 | 13,200 | 412 | 1,263 |
* Information not available ‡Estimated.