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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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Table: T able 16 ( continued)

T able 16 ( continued)

BoroughHousing Act, 1936—continuedCommon lodging housesSlaughterhousesOffensive tradesDairies and milk shopsIce-cream premisesRestaurants and eating housesSmoke nuisancesCleansing and disinfectionExtra water supply to tenement houses
Houses let in lodgings
No. in boroughInspectionsNotices servedComplaints remediedLicensedInspectionsLicensedInspectionsAuthorisedInspectionsRegisteredInspectionsRegisteredInspectionsNumberInspectionsComplaints receivedObservationsNotices servedPersons cleansedRooms or premises cleansed
IntimationStatutoryAdultsChildrenAfter infectious diseaseFor vermin
City of London33——13——3303420781327111,6371212012—490288786—
Battersea——————1(c)—2214330223830219790913180311441,943857255—
Bermondsey39754——247——9281171921801216457662124—1891,280111651
Bethnal Green181139543417——450128433166418123383—7——34136943—
Camberwell(a)(b)(b)(b)137365102126842633033837343831—967737721,4952
Chelsea575(b)1917——————43237994132257631729——49168632421943
Deptford————162(c)—1138312618013411036210——517852153448—
Finsbury427———118——35213319613160289146241458—1261,0993783686
Fulham——————————1202502252241561,152221,362——1910184639—
Greenwich825—2——————9420123042292502121232—14762722661
Hackney—73101214110512216374351678236674161,50015—1546491,030363—
Hammersmith9.600(b)(b)(b)——21——96861299699259490122006—482932618306
Hampstead1,573607401401——————451742112272016181675——31862331526
Holborn29540742627————4166921845501,761272437—167—1001173
Islington(a)(b)(b)(b)——517613383005475095016601,60951257811435264501,00158
Kensington4,000(b)55——————1783193161212176661471112411,2425731,27214
Lambeth(a)(b)(b)(b)——1(c)—2225848965019425366226947—253688172,1642
Lewisham(a)—————21——85313373579248633986——61723569122—
Paddington5,87890911210915————118318195146143636219——287533171,42846
Poplar14518——1443(c)—141443381851632623941885——303348709—
St. Marylebone1,8124,159245924319——1692241922547872,0264627621—64843922434923
St. Pancras16,000(b)(b)(b)——213——2905824526178501,96332148——1,0041,413777547114
Shoreditch————————1487142176271280569112644—11—17238510
Southwark(a)(b)(b)(b)643145451643482163874771,295121823—1,6892,3012451,972—
Stepney73056613562——18133240290285158913990491——506162698121
Stoke Newington12611——————4214492132471811214——112862062393
Wandsworth315————344——2581,9067301,5415071,52928756—11725709184—
Westminster, City of3,3503,11022368————1191752291172,9793,8001201,6235—4821894313,789—
Woolwich(a)———2182(d)307(e)241313363421,0232721,04472921—1291,082416382—
Total44,9899,5816386873041229571744274,0889,9717,84810,54812,44628,0176147,86611438,69917,59210,89521,441339

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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.