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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Borough | Housing Act, 1936—continued | Common lodging houses | Slaughterhouses | Offensive trades | Dairies and milk shops | Ice-cream premises | Restaurants and eating houses | Smoke nuisances | Cleansing and disinfection | Extra water supply to tenement houses | |||||||||||||||
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Houses let in lodgings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. in borough | Inspections | Notices served | Complaints remedied | Licensed | Inspections | Licensed | Inspections | Authorised | Inspections | Registered | Inspections | Registered | Inspections | Number | Inspections | Complaints received | Observations | Notices served | Persons cleansed | Rooms or premises cleansed | |||||
Intimation | Statutory | Adults | Children | After infectious disease | For vermin | ||||||||||||||||||||
City of London | 3 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 30 | 34 | 20 | 78 | 132 | 711 | 1,637 | 12 | 120 | 12 | — | 490 | 288 | 7 | 86 | — |
Battersea | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1(c) | — | 2 | 2 | 143 | 302 | 238 | 302 | 197 | 909 | 13 | 180 | 3 | 1 | 144 | 1,943 | 857 | 255 | — |
Bermondsey | 397 | 54 | — | — | 2 | 47 | — | — | 9 | 28 | 117 | 192 | 180 | 121 | 64 | 576 | 6 | 212 | 4 | — | 189 | 1,280 | 11 | 165 | 1 |
Bethnal Green | 181 | 139 | 54 | 34 | 1 | 7 | — | — | 4 | 50 | 128 | 433 | 166 | 418 | 123 | 383 | — | 7 | — | — | 34 | 1 | 36 | 943 | — |
Camberwell | (a) | (b) | (b) | (b) | 1 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 212 | 68 | 426 | 330 | 338 | 373 | 43 | 83 | 1 | — | 96 | 773 | 772 | 1,495 | 2 |
Chelsea | 575 | (b) | 19 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | 237 | 99 | 413 | 225 | 763 | 17 | 29 | — | — | 491 | 686 | 324 | 219 | 43 |
Deptford | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 2(c) | — | 1 | 13 | 83 | 126 | 180 | 134 | 110 | 36 | 2 | 10 | — | — | 517 | 852 | 153 | 448 | — |
Finsbury | 427 | — | — | — | 1 | 18 | — | — | 3 | 52 | 133 | 196 | 131 | 60 | 289 | 146 | 24 | 145 | 8 | — | 126 | 1,099 | 378 | 368 | 6 |
Fulham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 120 | 250 | 225 | 224 | 156 | 1,152 | 22 | 1,362 | — | — | 19 | 10 | 184 | 639 | — |
Greenwich | 8 | 25 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | 201 | 230 | 422 | 92 | 502 | 12 | 123 | 2 | — | 147 | 627 | 226 | 6 | 1 |
Hackney | — | 73 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 216 | 374 | 351 | 678 | 236 | 674 | 16 | 1,500 | 15 | — | 154 | 649 | 1,030 | 363 | — |
Hammersmith | 9.600 | (b) | (b) | (b) | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 96 | 861 | 299 | 699 | 259 | 490 | 12 | 200 | 6 | — | 482 | 932 | 61 | 830 | 6 |
Hampstead | 1,573 | 607 | 401 | 401 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | 174 | 211 | 227 | 201 | 618 | 16 | 75 | — | — | 31 | 86 | 233 | 152 | 6 |
Holborn | 295 | 407 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 41 | 66 | 92 | 184 | 550 | 1,761 | 27 | 243 | 7 | — | 167 | — | 100 | 117 | 3 |
Islington | (a) | (b) | (b) | (b) | — | — | 5 | 176 | 13 | 38 | 300 | 547 | 509 | 501 | 660 | 1,609 | 51 | 257 | 8 | 1 | 143 | 526 | 450 | 1,001 | 58 |
Kensington | 4,000 | (b) | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 178 | 319 | 316 | 121 | 217 | 666 | 14 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 241 | 1,242 | 573 | 1,272 | 14 | |
Lambeth | (a) | (b) | (b) | (b) | — | — | 1(c) | — | 2 | 2 | 258 | 489 | 650 | 194 | 253 | 662 | 26 | 94 | 7 | — | 253 | 68 | 817 | 2,164 | 2 |
Lewisham | (a) | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 85 | 313 | 373 | 579 | 248 | 633 | 9 | 86 | — | — | 61 | 723 | 569 | 122 | — |
Paddington | 5,878 | 909 | 112 | 109 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 118 | 318 | 195 | 146 | 143 | 636 | 2 | 19 | — | — | 287 | 53 | 317 | 1,428 | 46 |
Poplar | 145 | 18 | — | — | 1 | 44 | — | 1 | 4 | 144 | 338 | 185 | 163 | 262 | 394 | 18 | 85 | — | — | 30 | 3 | 348 | 709 | — | |
St. Marylebone | 1,812 | 4,159 | 24 | 59 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 9 | — | — | 169 | 224 | 192 | 254 | 787 | 2,026 | 46 | 276 | 21 | — | 648 | 439 | 224 | 349 | 23 |
St. Pancras | 16,000 | (b) | (b) | (b) | — | — | 2 | 13 | — | — | 290 | 582 | 452 | 617 | 850 | 1,963 | 32 | 148 | — | — | 1,004 | 1,413 | 777 | 547 | 114 |
Shoreditch | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 87 | 142 | 176 | 271 | 280 | 569 | 11 | 264 | 4 | — | 11 | — | 172 | 385 | 10 |
Southwark | (a) | (b) | (b) | (b) | 6 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 164 | 348 | 216 | 387 | 477 | 1,295 | 12 | 182 | 3 | — | 1,689 | 2,301 | 245 | 1,972 | — |
Stepney | 730 | 56 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 62 | — | — | 18 | 133 | 240 | 290 | 285 | 158 | 913 | 990 | 4 | 91 | — | — | 506 | 16 | 269 | 812 | 1 |
Stoke Newington | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | 144 | 92 | 132 | 47 | 181 | 12 | 14 | — | — | 11 | 286 | 206 | 239 | 3 |
Wandsworth | 3 | 15 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 44 | — | — | 258 | 1,906 | 730 | 1,541 | 507 | 1,529 | 28 | 75 | 6 | — | 117 | 25 | 709 | 184 | — |
Westminster, City of | 3,350 | 3,110 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 68 | — | — | — | — | 119 | 175 | 229 | 117 | 2,979 | 3,800 | 120 | 1,623 | 5 | — | 482 | 189 | 431 | 3,789 | — |
Woolwich | (a) | — | — | — | 2 | 18 | 2(d) | 307(e) | 2 | 4 | 131 | 336 | 342 | 1,023 | 272 | 1,044 | 7 | 292 | 1 | — | 129 | 1,082 | 416 | 382 | — |
Total | 44,989 | 9,581 | 638 | 687 | 30 | 412 | 29 | 571 | 74 | 427 | 4,088 | 9,971 | 7,848 | 10,548 | 12,446 | 28,017 | 614 | 7,866 | 114 | 3 | 8,699 | 17,592 | 10,895 | 21,441 | 339 |
Note:—A dash signifies a NIL return; (a) Not available; (b) Included under Public Health (London) Act; (c) Not in use; (d) One not in use; (e) Whole-time supervision by 3 inspectors; (f) Included in previous column.
Cowsheds—Camberwell 1 (No inspections).
Seamen's Lodging Houses: Total 8—Poplar 3 (45 inspections), Stepney 5 (79 inspections).
Prosecutions : Common Lodging Houses—Stepney 7. Offensive Trades—Stepney 1. Ice-cream premises—Southwark 7.
Restaurants and Eating Houses—Hackney 7, St. Marylebone 4, St. Pancras 6, Stepney 14, Westminster 10.
Water Supply to Tenement Houses—Bermondsey 7, Islington 4, St. Pancras 21.
Houses let in lodgings—Hackney 2, Hammersmith 5, Holborn 7, Islington 7, Paddington 6, St. Marylebone 6.