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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Borough | Dwelling Houses | Public Health (London) Act | Housing Act, 1936 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. in Borough | Erected by borough council | Houses inspected | Notices served | Prosecutions | Nuisances abated | House to house inspections | Section 9 | Section 11 | Closing Orders (other than underground rooms) | Underground rooms | Section 25 | Overcrowding | |||||||||||||
| On complaint | On notification of illness* | Intimation | Statutory | Notices served | Houses made fit | Orders made | Houses demolished | Found to be unfit for habitation | Closed or modified occupation approved | Orders determined | Houses represented | Houses demolished | Families overcrowded | Families obtained alternative accommodation | |||||||||||
| Houses closed | Section 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| By owners | By L.A. | Under Order | Voluntarily | Orders made | Orders determined | ||||||||||||||||||||
| City of London | 1,100 | — | 9 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 20 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 |
| Battersea | 27,627 | 242 | 4,196 | 1,812 | 2,058 | 1,150 | 86 | 1,886 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 35 | 44 |
| Bermondsey | 17,135 | 57 | 3,420 | 656 | 2,432 | 982 | 72 | 2,984 | 47 | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | 3 | 14 | — | — | — | — | 32 | — | 17 | 21 |
| Bethnal Green | 15,948 | 181 | 2,745 | 718 | 2,104 | 874 | 80 | 2,379 | 123 | — | — | 73 | 2 | 15 | — | 3 | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | 50 | 39 | 56 |
| Camberwell | 42,101 | 141 | 5,385 | 734 | 2,661 | 1,434 | 116 | 3,021 | — | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 8 | — | 14 | 17 | 1 | — | 4 | 135 | 101 |
| Chelsea | 16,000 | 92 | 871 | 848 | 327 | 123 | 11 | 433 | 44 | 38 | 32 | — | 3 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 31 |
| Deptford | 16,898 | 78 | 2,188 | 236 | 1,398 | 726 | 44 | 1,534 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 5 |
| Finsbury | 9,405 | 120 | 1,777 | (f) | 802 | 82 | 9 | 786 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | — | 30 | 28 | — | 53 | — | 23 | 58 |
| Fulham | 35,138 | 204 | 4,601 | 357 | 2,567 | 1,125 | 152 | 2,633 | 309 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | 43 | 66 | 89 |
| Greenwich | 22,844 | 131 | 1,490 | 276 | 918 | 149 | 2 | 1,210 | 219 | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 15 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 53 | 57 |
| Hackney | 40,306 | 200 | 5,028 | 338 | 4,127 | 1,946 | 146 | 5,862 | — | 3 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 1 | — | — | 91 | 89 |
| Hammersmith | 25,900 | 170 | 4,094 | 283 | 1,382 | 844 | 136 | 1,012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 20 | 14 | — | 4 | 178 | — |
| Hampstead | 21,093 | 58 | 2,027 | 559 | 1,024 | 318 | 1 | 1,024 | 166 | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 219 | 53 |
| Holborn | 6,248 | 18 | 369 | 351 | 182 | 43 | 1 | 321 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 45 |
| Islington | 44,594 | 234 | 8,522 | (f) | 4,631 | 3,197 | 216 | 4,652 | 986 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 103 | 61 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 163 | 110 |
| Kensington | 37,920 | 165 | 4,051 | 3,221 | 2,044 | 1,042 | 230 | 1,967 | 395 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | — | 83 | 80 | 70 | — | 4 | 272 | 182 |
| Lambeth | 53,154 | 211 | 6,536 | 2,725 | 3,045 | 1,640 | 252 | 3,640 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 3 | 29 | — | 2 | — | 5 | 8 | 2 | 25 | — | 29 | 84 |
| Lewisham | 60,770 | 415 | 2,172 | 424 | 1,141 | 602 | 34 | 1,015 | — | 15 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 11 | — | — | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | (a) |
| Paddington | 23,581 | 208 | 3,648 | (f) | 1,500 | 626 | 31 | 1,494 | — | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 233 | 233 | 21 | — | — | 87 | 121 |
| Poplar | 17,659 | 235 | 2,777 | 123 | 2,029 | 943 | 79 | 2,818 | 82 | — | — | — | 10 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 13 | — | — | — | 57 | 35 |
| St. Marylebone | 23,114 | 36 | 1,247 | 576 | 675 | 318 | 19 | 720 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 4,099* | 46 | 12 | — | — | 173 | 5 |
| St. Pancras | 27,759 | 215 | 4,670 | 578 | 3,646 | 2,028 | 165 | 3,646 | 238 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 85 | 72 | 18 | — | — | 326 | 463 |
| Shoreditch | 12,026 | 372 | 2,722 | 1,083 | 1,924 | 238 | 18 | 2,289 | 1,451 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 46 | 30 | 6 | 73 | 28 | 33 | 40 |
| Southwark | 24,757 | 129 | 4,299 | 607 | 2,652 | 1,294 | 29 | 3,215 | 307 | 1 | 81 | — | 57 | 6 | 185 | 1 | 10 | — | 82 | 95 | — | 13 | 2 | 114 | 300 |
| Stepney | 29,542 | 218 | 5,022 | 374 | 4,548 | 1,204 | 73 | 2,729 | 179 | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 36 | 51 | — | 48 | 11 | 112 | 124 |
| Stoke Newington | 8,500 | 256 | 1,231 | 248 | 574 | 226 | 25 | 1,007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | 9 | 34 | 7 |
| Wandsworth | 96,917 | 346 | 7,987 | 1,199 | 2,947 | 708 | 31 | 3,001 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | 26 | 1 | 37 | 16 | 93 | 104 |
| Westminster, City of | 24,491 | 60 | 1,456 | 630 | 287 | 12 | 7 | 1,381 | 1,000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | 56 | 32 | — | 14 | 43 | 42 |
| Woolwich | 40,227 | 216 | 30,701 | 743 | 1,393 | 880 | 5 | 1,236 | 618 | — | — | — | 10 | 12 | — | 4 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 9 | — | 13 | — | 40 | 13 |
| Total | 822,754 | 5,008 | 125,241 | 19,700 | 55,025 | 24,757 | 2,071 | 59,906 | 6,257 | 75 | 195 | 94 | 124 | 102 | 259 | 34 | 110 | 10 | 4,965 | 875 | 182 | 301 | 223 | 2,522 | 2,347 |
* A special survey of underground rooms was carried out during the year.