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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 1952

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

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Table: T able 21- Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils in1952

T able 21- Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils in1952

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 repairedNo. of houses inspectedSection 25Section 9 and 10Number of houses demolishedClosing OrdersOvercrowdingNo. of dwellings erected for working classes during the yearUnderground roomsHouses let in lodgings
No. of houses representedNo. of houses demolishedNo. of houses repairedSection 11VoluntarilyNo. madeNo. determinedNo. of families overcrowdedNo. of families alternative accommodation obtainedNo. occupied but unfitNo. closed or modified occupation approvedNo. of closing orders determinedNo. in BoroughNo. of inspectionsNo. of prosecutionsNo. of complaints remedied
By ownerBy L.A.
City of London1,10084-813--------**-5--1921--
Battersea27,3914,1031,4661396,800---2-----4325-*4-****
Bermondsey17,0183,5901,060583,44618145---6-5-20747217853-239615-4
Bethnal Green15,9393,8601,1341062,84876140---5-3-6687290*42180314--
Camberwell41,3916,6761,616833,442-26-2033113211799191*2216*‡*-
Chelsea15,8001,62736515411138--31-20101-569105---575‡-30
Deptford16,3132,859662171,709---2-1-4-_1414720111*---
Finsbury9,3341,69489148771525----4_7642241,20094456
Fulham32,3364,4301,9732142,851---12--5-1360216_255
Greenwich22,2552,378210131,47931226-1-20---337653046536824--
Hackney .. ..39,7286,6952,3322275,4292216_77345_2_1,156136287•93••3*
Hammersmith25,8304,6231,0791251,467-----2-221877988•29249,600♦♦
Hampstead20,8902,836322101,2602363-1431-2-58866125489321,573910_452
Holborn6,1976543475852-----110-15833_4882130047820
Islington44,2779,4015,4003165,5591,40438---117--699553272•56-•*7
Kensington37,6007,3461,0611222,249347--3221---2081312283,81250604,000‡-‡
Lambeth51,45112,1371,8882524,778-19---85_4*8278•13•+++
Lewisham60,4202,580700316,576-125-4235_1813857262•••
Paddington23,3664,376890551,692---37210-29411216114•2162165,8791,0954116
Poplar17,4633,0761,046692,73218329---6-1-8850903,6541314412
St. Marylebone22,9042,400233765511-----21311758422,2143381,8514,954355
St. Pancras27,5255,5972,4371814,286102-------_-389621289•73135,000‡49-
Shoreditch11,2004,070397293,3782,6754826113-6_-26025826440824-****
Southwark24,5714,3221,509162,30319455-15-21086-_73212584204142-****
Stepney29,0035,7651,236574,173155457--21--1,1841041183,64059161,471222--
Stoke Newington.8,5005,138234211,00654--39-1---402044-5-10---
Wandsworth96,7299,8341,041573,875---------14610034329152*2--
Westminster, City of23,0862,4372891,491555--------63761722,47760193,3504,299-7
Woolwich39,6972,643827211,53438427------19942286*2615*---
Total809,314127,35531,2732,17178,8997,059667333145011216487208,2793,2234,35319,5391,11441334,81212,34666684