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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 37 Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils during 1949
| Borough | Public Health Act | Housing Acts, 1936 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of houses in borough | 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 | Section 9 and 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 | ||||||||||||
| No. made | No. determined | |||||||||||||||||||||
| By owners | By l.a. | Section 11 | Voluntarily | |||||||||||||||||||
| City of London | 1,100 | 9 | — | 5 | 25 | 2 | — | 10 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 14 | 4 | — | 5 | — | 25 | 4 | — | — |
| Battersea | 25,479 | 5,900 | 2,457 | 9,423 | 46 | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 459 | 76 | 51 | * | 9 | — | — | — | — |
| Bermondsey | 15,652 | 5,815 | 1,677 | 4,469 | 659 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6 | 1 | 130 | 105 | 54 | 859 | — | 419 | 675 | — | 3 |
| Bethnal Green | 15,229 | 7,465 | 1,457 | 2,877 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | 6 | — | 224 | 246 | — | — | — | 183 | 679 | — | — |
| Camberwell | 39,296 | 7,962 | 2,305 | 3,502 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 378 | 196 | 130 | * | 5 | ‡29,000 | — | — | — |
| Chelsea | 15,251 | 2,012 | 629 | 648 | 141 | — | — | 20 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 28 | 27 | 150 | — | — | 575 | — | — | — |
| Deptford | 16,948 | 3,567 | 1,043 | 2,574 | — | 19 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 24 | 1 | 150 | 42 | 55 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Finsbury | 9,890 | 2,618 | 77 | 1,315 | 163 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 66 | ‡145 | 95 | 1,390 | — | 456 | 510 | — | — |
| Fulham | 30,714 | 5,055 | 2,246 | 4,987 | 48 | 13 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6 | — | 316 | 85 | 71 | — | 250 | — | — | — | — |
| Greenwich | 21,736 | 2,688 | 350 | 1,838 | 133 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 61 | 9 | 1 | 168 | 121 | 60 | 67 | 2 | 3 | 59 | — | — |
| Hackney | 38,607 | 9,338 | 2,824 | 5,860 | 307 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 517 | 345 | 225 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Hammersmith | ‡24,600 | 4,391 | 1,689 | 2,536 | — | — | — | 18 | 1 | — | 11 | 2 | — | 358 | 132 | 380 | * | 6 | ‡9,600 | — | — | — |
| Hampstead | 19,813 | 2,311 | 701 | 1,997 | 69 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 309 | 42 | 122 | 516 | 19 | 1,600 | 836 | — | 1,811 | |
| Holborn | 5,770 | 637 | 44 | 583 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 5 | — | 58 | 57 | 112 | 501 | 22 | 311 | 417 | — | 30 |
| Islington | 40,564 | 10,991 | 9,371 | 6,442 | 749 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 37 | 33 | — | 877 | 610 | 252 | * | 37 | • | * | * | * |
| Kensington | 35,816 | 8,271 | 1,872 | 3,309 | 741 | 41 | — | 65 | 33 | — | 10 | 2 | 39 | 474 | 147 | 24 | ‡4,000 | 101 | 4,015 | 2,890 | — | 366 |
| Lambeth | 51,235 | 13,082 | 2,354 | 12,390 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 460 | 347 | 302 | * | 2 | * | ♦ | * | ♦ |
| Lewisham | 60,889 | 8,353 | 1,229 | 3,262 | 148 | — | 36 | 7 | — | 3 | — | 5 | — | 937 | 876 | 175 | 1 | — | ‡255 | — | — | — |
| Paddington | 22,663 | 7,611 | 1,157 | 902 | — | — | — | 8 | _ | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 377 | 275 | — | • | 207 | 5,800 | * | 9 | * |
| Poplar | 15,732 | 4,668 | 1.716 | 3,403 | 109 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 226 | 135 | 58 | 12 | 6 | 141 | 494 | — | — |
| St. Marylebone | 22,635 | 3,309 | 276 | 966 | 343 | 136 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1,145 | 110 | 118 | 2,473 | 23 | 1,932 | 7,409 | 15 | 39 |
| St. Pancras | 26,094 | 8,209 | 2,848 | 5,486 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | ‡894 | 683 | 375 | ‡1,000 | 114 | ‡5,000 | — | 137 | — |
| Shoreditch | 11,140 | 4,452 | 639 | 5,098 | 2,834 | 25 | — | 4 | 12 | — | — | 1 | — | 502 | 109 | 214 | 29 | 11 | * | * | — | — |
| Southwark | 23,473 | 0,181 | 1,414 | 3,397 | 261 | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 2 | — | 236 | 206 | 185 | * | 4 | * | * | * | * |
| Stepney | 26,681 | 11,194 | 1,700 | 5,604 | 72 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 404 | 626 | 575 | 4,000 | 17 | 1,678 | 965 | — | 6 |
| StokeNewington | {8,500 | 6,891 | 318 | 1,363 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 86 | 65 | 149 | — | — | 10 | — | — | — |
| Wandsworth | 95,000 | 15,460 | 1,624 | 6,530 | — | — | 21 | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | 198 | 60 | 281 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 12 | — | 2 |
| Westminster,C.of | 22,536 | 2,191 | 96 | 1,475 | 409 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 7 | 135 | 66 | — | 2,574 | 70 | 3,350 | 5,239 | 2 | 4 |
| Woolwich | 37,929 | 6,885 | 1,201 | 2,321 | 397 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 261 | 87 | 380 | • | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 780,972 | 177,516 | 45,314 | 104,562 | 7,162 | 258 | 139 | 158 | 50 | 31 | 137 | 132 | 66 | 10,387 | 6,025 | 4,593 | 17,445 | 921 | 64,354 | 20,189 | 163 | 2,261 |
*Information not available. ‡Estimated.