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London County Council 1951

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

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Table 30Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils in 1951

BoroughNo. of houses in boroughPublic Health ActHousing Acts, 1936
No. of houses inspected on account of complaints or illnessNo. of statutory notices servedNo. of prosecutionsNo. of houses repaired or nuisances remediedNo. of houses inspectedSection 25Section 9 and 10Number of houses demolishedClosing OrdersOvercrowdingNo. of dwellings for working oliisses erected during the yearUnderground roomsHouses let in lodgings
No. of houses representedNo. of houses demolishediNO. Ot houses repairedNo. of families overcrowdedNo. of families alternative accom. obtainedXo. occupied but unlitNo. closed or modified occupation approvedNo. of closing orders determinedNo. in boroughNo. of inspectionsNo. of prosecutionsNo. of complaints ' remedied
No. madeNo. determined
i*y ownersBy L.A.Section 11Voluntarily
City of London1,10092-515--7---__31-5-_199__
Battersca27,4804,1321,8162028,756411115169115*141****
Bermondsey15,7354,4704,510484,210560126215171428552397285
Bethnal Green15,8274,4754,3891282,50618292367233083*5180405
Camberwell40,8527,6212.0981473,823161521-132171129192*2015*
Chelsea15,6303,00241312178315__71284-526732-575*
Deptford16,1553,539972142,495-31278827221*
Finsbury8,0655,603102147744460-441,200552001,20017164562
Fulham32,0484,9812,1204613,811122310351190255
Greenwich22,1552.18823161,5192742-2286110369671311227
Hackney39,7768,638MM1845,621165_21937318_1.145451327-14
Hammersmith35,7601.1972,0643342,1941032438H73*15129,600j
Hampstead20,6653,071119111,960331470128492201,5731,040820
Holborn5,72571344459512-180474901429927041
Islington44,07610,0706,8502607,191724381117471-602369198*272**
Kensington37,0064,8121,125702,39795548205577872541281243,87238454,0003,110
Lambeth51,41012,8902,0743355,9211543110084192*21*+ +
Lewisham61,8003,4021,056639,9231803871651158102163*2
Faddington23,3195,3701,093351,965152114355426918*236105,8791,3423201
Poplar17,3283,6691,317883,4381294144101481,840714413-
St. Marylebone22,7722,567298880228_28_441170471242,2802031,8678 745253
St. Pancras.26,8346,6663,2771485,3671666104846892331 000170165,000♦ ♦46
Shoreditch11,5105,142515244,1893,047482921692589***
Southwark24,5714,3831,077132,305283264136221611210210618
Stepney31,5618,1811,327344,976391322171581153,76077391,7709388
Stoke Newington8,5001,82627291,1623310_6031_5324526110——
Wandsworth95,89011,0135,620874,93041516025212283111
Westminster, City of22,9142,3323411,30664211106452192,50660283,3503,35113
Woolwich39,1057,0931,1424116,986382169147227*3
Total805,658145,4554 8,9482,781111,6058,196145755039818521876208,8594,0544,02418,7451,07619835,13419,291521,134