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London County Council 1955

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

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Table: T able 11— Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils in1955.

T able 11— Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils in1955.

BoroughDWELLINGSCLEARANCE AREASDWELLING HOUSESSMOKE NUISANCES CLEANSU} AND DISINFECTIONLICENSED OR REGISTERED PREMISESRestaurants, eating houses and canteensSANITARY OFFICERS
Erected by the Borough CouncilErected 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 (1)Water supply provided to tenement housesComplaintsObservationsIntimation notices servedNuisance notices servedAdults cleansedChildren cleansedPremises disinfectedPremises disinfestedEstablishmentEmployed at end of yearAssistants employed at end of vear
Unfit HousesOther HousesOn complaintOn notification of illnessHouse-to-houseOther reasonsSection 11Section 12Licensed slaughterhousesOther offensive tradesDairies and milk shopsIce cream premisesCommon Lodging Houses
Public Health (London) ActHousing ActDemolishedClosed by undertakingRooms closedUndertakings acceptedAt homeAt a cleansing station
DemolishedPersons displacedDemolishedPersons displaced
Underground roomsOther roomsUnderground roomsOther roomsClosing Orders made
By ownersBy local authorityBy ownersBy local authorityNumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displaced
NumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displaced
MaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotal
Division I
Chelsea495216,523————888336102—21684—58—838——10—————————251230———380411130303——46198—193729628———
Fulham472031,337—16——2,506165467—2682,09610—148——52025———11222502———68969442——132229—14615116131141—1
Hammersmith13813526,442————__3,751367—9555761,509452—323——1222——————2106361361—1467790482492—98309—270141159110———
Kensington1481938,804591141—3,2373,6086442,2087734792——•————78232—63———-—11577———2811,155369566——181343—22319—1915—15———
Division 2
Hampstead8919421,751————2,506688120—958176———————12———————126113344——2748203162——50243—13412113111123—3
Paddington3854424,685____—4,130†4127251,3093331133193231—185————165343301,283——12419811371711814115———
St. Marylcbone17019924,222_—__1,278500371134216142———————7211————————85566717——6883161974411—17221927871031310313———
St. Pancras3661729,046___4,0084041481,6711,6211,498367—————————683257———8176495734802—225498—‡8502112221122———
Westminster, City of23214426,403539——1,1053131,1913,4882532———2—2—67773331212,41377—3631303421,178——12223323,0312012119120———
Division 3
Finsbury4839,497__——1,781——41186486———————262—————13391161501——114888315292—212613114058—88—83—3
Holborn4446,180————12288_2401096———————6———————1——293582————5380—56910624695—5b—5———
Islington14442146,006422——7,623†——*3,984—1—5206261059725104—3—956465447712—38111!37401453113330552—63731334203234—4
Hacknev48512640.625614——4.5620098—9185562,504483—43——341822————836_281,837143824_420230—6227388122128—2817—172—2
Shoreditch3582012,454—_——2,2449795822,7811,677264———————402386107621821432—1066917——202137514—188162—2729—96—63—3
Stoke Newington159—11,450_———1,240156——15017329139122012497117——47104—437—76—6———
Bethnal Green982616.615523——2.5027572761,3551,19258641—————231017————1034—16—3174072069511121156—1549—97—7———
City of London18—1,118————————2———————————————————20741——481148330——2669197120—2020—201—1
Poplar2277218,0473211028762,15762270481,217663—1—929——811——————8351923——347173818252114518212889—99—9———
Stepney2751929,900_—— _—2,951315461,7882,242617112—35——85246————2—4394——5943255245591—21257306t>90018—1815—lb———
Division 6
Deptford37316,871———— _1,8691741,28178142327299010337521911891908—88—8———
Greenwich1148723,4081747——1.9231492784879168271895——38220542241361——110252—2309110I181—1
Woolwich21321941,95625261_—1,9969492,27411,5411,461575—21723——313032————1667—2113344121067213213812218132212961811917118———
Division 7
Camberwell29239143.456812——5.379446—1,9813552,77997—210——6182432———.—251372323——7564846162825226484134519—1919—19———
Lewisham46413761,87822__1,5851154391,9876243821194——25——3825————520—8————342434601051—112395—‡25020—2016—161—1
Division 8
Bermondsey1025415,2004020S1—2,7431,541382,5761,0886466——————4530—23——1573—62873——10350415221—8118188228512—1210—10———
Lambeth17243655.0131114——3.2675741682,5751,4049561231—752104886395111412293541651—193|59959664—2265509—223172191521/———
Southwark21425,0092279——3,7775733,4332,33851,185718—1934——821539—————2——161639——1,4931,0322801,264—41472546433191201611/5—5
Division 9
Battersea3625828,080————3,853895—1,56987380057——15——10———————51928202072——2662,31879518312151270—1641421613215———
Wandsworth4081,613103,8142357——7,2351,306—7,3371,8757843——————23284125332—546585209——282745—49223231919———
LONDON5,2845,213845,7902591,015307682,21815,55810,98350,69123,54423,9004231189952101241878500271218371922251174582177679,284108181667,36111,8838,55313,32217744,2198,1442712,941438214593712139224—24

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†included in previous column. * included in next column. J estimated. Notes :—(1) Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1953 : Two Closing Orders were determined in Kensington, in Hackney and in 'oolwich ; one was revoked and a Demolition Order made in Hackney and in Lewisham.
(2) Licensed Cowsheds : Camberwell— 1. (3) Seamen's Lodging Houses : Poplar—2, Stepney—5. (4) Prosecutions : Inadequate Water Supply to Tenement Houses : St. Pancras—6 (5 convictions). Dairies and Milkshops : St. Pancn 1 (1 conviction), Shoreditch—1 (1 conviction). Ice-Cream Establishments : Stepney—5 (5 convictions).
Restaurants, Eating Housbs and Canteens : Kensington—7 (7 convictions), Hampstead—1 (1 conviction), St. Pancras— 1 (1 conviction), Westminster—2 (2 convictions), Hackney—5 (5 convictions), Shoreditch—1 (1 conviction). City of London—1 (1 conviction), Stepney—5 (5 convici 0-
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