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 36 County of London—Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils during the year 1949
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 204 | 2,528 | 41 | 100 | — | 44 | 61 | 70 | 164 | 576 | 1,655 |
Battersea | — | — | 1 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 133 | — | 11 | — | 1‡ | 10 | 286 | 2,773 | 827 | 334 | 1 | 133 | 333 | 86 | 272 | 158 | 311 |
Bermondsey | — | — | — | — | 11 | 61 | 246 | — | — | — | 2 | 49 | 211 | 1,335 | 68 | 396 | 11 | 104 | 266 | 93 | 108 | 56 | 379 |
Bethnal Green | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 75 | 11 | 51 | 947 | — | 123 | 537 | 121 | 361 | 96 | 301 |
Camberwell | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 83 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 232 | 2,238 | 1,220 | 1,319 | 26 | 174 | 307 | 323 | 499 | 251 | 452 |
Chelsea | — | — | — | — | — | — | 53 | — | 19 | — | — | — | 47 | 516 | 117 | 320 | 19 | 38 | 55 | 38 | 98 | 88 | 234 |
Deptford | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 261 | 1,259 | 330 | 526 | — | 66 | 163 | 121 | 324 | 90 | 369 |
Finsbury | — | — | — | — | 3 | 60 | 70 | — | 10 | — | 1 | 19 | * | * | * | * | 18 | 74 | 212 | 99 | 159 | 159 | 285 |
Fulham | — | — | — | — | — | — | 210 | 2 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | 535 | 1,050 | 57 | 50 | 487 | 139 | 836 | 159 | 582 |
Greenwich | — | — | — | — | — | — | 120 | — | 19 | — | — | — | 204 | 1,098 | 342 | 29 | 3 | 58 | 186 | 163 | 297 | 162 | 725 |
Hackney | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 3 | 1,387 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 240 | 1,411 | 810 | 584 | 12 | 32 | 631 | 262 | 509 | 248 | 383 |
Hammersmith | — | — | 3 | 4 | — | — | 86 | 6 | 12 | 1 | — | — | 490 | 1,595 | 94 | 643 | 5 | 80 | 280 | 207 | 375 | 217 | 159 |
Hampstead | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | 9 | — | — | — | 37 | 18 | 541 | 162 | 18 | 61 | 159 | 141 | 301 | 193 | 455 |
Holborn | — | — | — | — | — | — | 146 | — | 13 | — | 2 | 6 | 98 | 106 | 93 | 153 | 8 | 53 | 64 | 50 | 234 | 652 | 1,965 |
Islington | — | — | 6 | 56 | 12 | 148 | 102 | 4 | 54 | — | — | — | 365 | 1,427 | 595 | 737 | 107 | 408 | 1,098 | 457 | 1,021 | 560 | 1,299 |
Kensington | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 354 | 2,660 | 450 | 1,401 | 22 | 157 | 429 | 207 | 224 | 213 | 439 |
Lambeth | — | — | 1 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 54 | 3 | 21 | — | — | — | 260 | 91 | 784 | 2,718 | 10 | 201 | 160 | 534 | 131 | 212 | 398 |
Lewisham | — | — | 2 | 8 | — | — | 19 | — | 7 | — | — | — | 163 | 1,649 | 943 | 326 | — | 185 | 174 | 279 | 280 | 233 | 335 |
Paddington | — | — | — | — | 1 | 15 | 21 | — | — | — | 1 | 45 | 228 | 63 | 369 | 1,640 | 46 | 116 | 375 | 149 | 275 | 141 | 707 |
Poplar | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | 11 | 123 | 7 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 91 | 1,110 | 281 | 687 | — | 122 | 310 | 108 | 114 | 71 | 148 |
St. Marylebone | — | — | 1 | 16 | — | — | 152 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 117 | 484 | 1,148 | 814 | 575 | 34 | 159 | 246 | 139 | 275 | 845 | 1,099 |
St. Pancras | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 121 | — | 29 | — | — | — | 883 | 2,316 | 771 | 887 | 18 | 296 | 814 | 276 | 1,028 | 839 | 973 |
Shoreditch | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 398 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 43 | 42 | 277 | 1,087 | 24 | 80 | 402 | 117 | 367 | 176 | 757 |
Southwark | — | — | 1 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 34 | — | 14 | — | 6 | 39 | 1,120 | 3,375 | 382 | 2,079 | — | 179 | 487 | 145 | 423 | 284 | 355 |
Stepney | 1 | 9 | — | — | 16 | 161 | 193 | 5 | 18 | — | 4 | 96 | 338 | 43 | 426 | 1,200 | 778 | 211 | 479 | 215 | 489 | 426 | 685 |
Stoke Newington | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | 6 | — | — | — | 45 | 985 | 157 | 269 | _ | 36 | 127 | 64 | 132 | 50 | 192 |
Wandsworth | — | — | 3 | 56 | — | — | 64 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | — | 281 | 97 | 945 | 242 | 11 | 196 | 2,225 | 556 | 1,846 | 477 | 1,623 |
Westminster | — | — | — | — | — | — | 720 | 4 | 80 | — | 3 | 45 | 374 | 630 | 636 | 1,398 | 8 | 114 | 416 | 151 | 162 | 3,000 | 3,873 |
Woolwich | — | — | 2 | t | 2 | 10 | 36 | 2 | 9 | — | 2 | 16 | 183 | 1,826 | 400 | 369 | — | 105 | 421 | 238 | 596 | 309 | 823 |
Total | 2 | 14 | 31 | 227 | 74 | 517 | 4,649 | 82 | 452 | 16 | 31 | 517 | 7,597 | 32,330 | 13,299 | 22,178 | 1,236 | 3,655 | 11,904 | 5,548 | 11,900 | 10,941 | 21.961 |
Note : In the columns above a dash signifies a nil return ; †daily supervision; *information not available and ‡closed in June, 1949.
Seamen's Lodging Houses, 8—Bermondsey 1 (1 inspection); Poplar 3 (54 inspections); Stepney 4 (76 inspections).
Prosecutions : Ice Cream—Lewisham 1, Westminster 1 ; Milkskops— Lewisham 2; Smoke Nuisances—Camberwell 1, St. Marylebone I.
Restaurants—St. Marylebone 6, Stepney 21, Westminster 6 ; Water Supply—Camberwell 2, Hackney 4, St. Marylebone 3.