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London County Council 1954

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

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Table: Table 12- Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils in1954.

Table 12- Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils in1954.

BoroughDwellingsCLEARANCE AREASDWELLING HOUSESSMOKE NUISANCES CLEANSING AND DISINFECTIONLICENSED OR REGISTERED PREMISESRestaurants, eating houses and canteensSANITARY OFFICERS
Erected by the Borough Council| Erected by other personsTotal number in the BoroughInspectionsRepaired as a result of informal actionDefects remedied after service of formal noticeHousing Act 1936Local Govt. Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1953 Sec. 10 (I)Water supply provided to tenement housesComplaintsObservationsIntimation notices servedNuisance notices servedAdults cleansedChildren cleansedPremises disinfectedPremises disinfestedLicensed slaughter houses<Other offensive tradesDairies and milk shopsIce cream premisesCommon Lodging HousesEstablishmentEmployed at end of yearAssistants employed at end of year
Unfit HousesOther HousesOn complaintOn notification of illnessHouse.to.houseOther reasonsSection IISection 12At homeAt a cleansing station
DemolishedPersons displacedDemolishedPersons displacedPublic Health (London) ActHousing ActDemolishedClosed by undertakingRooms closedUndertakings accepted
By ownersBy local authorityBy ownersBy local authorityNumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedUnder ground roomsother roomsUnder ground roomsother roomsClosing Orders made
NumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displaced
MaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotal
Division I46101-222729729---
Chelsea707316,267————82236658—37493130—441———44—————-36117—--487632112159--133254-15915116111122—2
Fulham1041031,337—_——2,744514269—272,20412—1——-—31012————4167191,063---7118106422--98301-2671411511112-——
Hammersmith596726,238————3,972266-1,20039151541———-—619——————13812151892——507887392332-184332-21719-1916-16-——
Kensington18117638,397————4,3091,7987,2132,7081,0416801————-—83264—8—9—2—71241——-2651,2883331,412--299--
Division 2206-2031111211112---
Hampstead6630921,468_---2,1414691169461,109256------1054740------22314114——342021199—-47214-14117118141152-2
Paddington721724,255----4,066†1,5141,3121,308589682----34---3---112134————21936158896--4872817--1310313---
St. Marylebone1714324,232————1,282450579263329235------5830782———12314932810——6413731844361 2-298233-‡8502112220121———
St. Pancras3922331,461————4,8004382393,4061,6101,9798——1—-—79—8—————1—14024264—--866792651538--12113533,0441912018119———
Westminster, City of21616326,000————1,2193291,5984,18219273-------51474138------8691,4142——4061692921,738--103
Division 354014498-86-63-3
Finsbury201169,622----2,000--2,38178541-----1533114—1062—121520192———1051,019318321-212424685-55-5---
Holborn56256,190————150132—17115117———————1912———————330135———52—5388-568540-65131334212233—3
Islington39739045,518————8,682†——*3,50642——61693410615119141614——836444231582261724703535561133193691
Division 417522828-2824-24---
Hackney22533440,182————5,041233-1,9752,8532,61035——391—2815131112———829—331,936192—22150553527825226962899-97-72-2
Shoreditch36624812,458421706332,9109141,6393,1671,822210—1—318——17—338———18863757——204139550-187165477-76-6--—
Stoke Newington120111,386————1,256117——21018212-------17--------------34270103107--4474
Division 51171861299-99-9---
Bethnal Green2515917,3403911217592,6274151901,2048585711—12643————1—————420—13————32574626143028695920-2020-201-1
City of London——1,100----63541133——————————————————1015013——4992341149-3172293-99-9---
Poplar2439217,9668205242,4931031005361,396746———1132——30333531043———399370764312648751811917118---
Stepney269429,7841226——4,495350571,2522,601789———616——42—186————4—3251081—4549727221641-20
Division 69-98-8---
Deptford710616,939.———_2,186226-1,354911509---------------------44498313444021831119110718---
Greenwich323923,185—_——2,2242202399471,012184—1—214——21————————918153—28251663249404—1461811916117---
Woolwich16413041,647—17——1,9551,1432,6478,1661,038484—2—15——8231————1658—7251—21103860331149390359--
Division 734019-1919-19---
Camberwell61541841,53529——5,560321_3345692,737281291316293543——11628—401273——1167125861,5073523320-2017-17---
Lewisham59112861,120————3,255382472,31437§993—7361925153320————831—2———269490535941‡250
Division 814-1413-13---
Bermondsey1095315,160210_-3,4634395655,8191,4929045424332—62724—643951—16066513153—81211882305171917219---
Lambeth58653853,578————6,4491,527--1,1711,722118——4—36718311916411829—17134——256677631,870—2269511231--20161176-6
Southwark16821524,97746186——4,2322893,6732,2142,2301,471322—21416112165203————43—151798——1,5831,2231411,6055161480-
Division 91214---
Battersea11024827,862————3,138736-2,03682573834——————71——————68—1720732—2142,49959921212145264—1961422321221---
Wandsworth6721,892101,4522365——7,8761,140—7,3062,017626———————149——83————43093131—6223684174325151323---
LONDON......6,2875,917838,6561746152811695,35312,97620,99755,19428,19925,8673136013374186246491740731221078393219993674055818,06910691228,42514,9438,29816,52122774,2908,1472713,239410184613882140919-19

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* included in next column. †included in previous column. ‡estimated. § includes informal action under Public Health (London) Act. Notes:—(i) Housing Act, 1949. One Demolition Order was determined and a Closing Order substituted in Finsbury (5 person* displaced). st. pancras-11
(2) Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1953. Two Closing Orders were determined in Woolwich and in Hackney five were revoked and Demolition Orders made. (3) Licensed cowsheds. Camberwell—1. (4) Seamen's lodging houses. Poplar—3, Stepney—6. (5) Prosecutions. Inadequate water supply to tenement houses ( convictions)
(8 convictions). Dairies and milk shops : St. Pancras—1 (1 conviction), Westminster—4 (1 conviction). Common lodging houses : Stepney—1. Restaurants, eating houses and canteens : City of London—1 (1 conviction), Hampstead—17 (17 convictions), Islington—8 (8 convictions), St. Pancras 2 (2 convictions), Stepney 5 (5 convictions), westmmster 5
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