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London County Council 1956

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

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Table: Table 11- Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils in1956.

Table 11- Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils in1956.

BoroughDWELLINGSCLEARANCEDWELLING HOUSESSMOKE NUISANCES CLEANSING AND DISINFECTIONLICENSED OR REGISTERED PREMISESRestaurants, eating houses and canteensSANITARY OFFICERS
Erected by the Borough CouncilErected by other personsTotal number in the BoroughAREASInspectionsRepaired 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 year
Unfit HousesOther HousesOn complaintOn notification of illnessHouse-to-houseOther reasonsSection 11Section 12At homeAt a cleansing stationLicensed slaughterhousesOther offensive tradesDairies and milk shopsIce cream premisesCommon Lodging Houses
Public Health (London) ActHousing ActHousing Repairs and Rent Act, 1954DemolishedClosed by undertakingRooms closedUndertakings accepted
DemolishedPersons displacedDemolishedPersons displaced
Underground roomsOther roomsU nder-ground roomsOther roomsClosing Orders made
By ownersBy local authorityBy ownersBy local authoritySection 11Section 12NumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displaced
Made fit for occupation by number of families accommodatedOvercrowding abated
NumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displaced
MaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotal
Division 1 Chelsea85815,929----68996964-189205-104---642-9-18-----573646---107410113255--52118-198729628---
Fulham1115230,5532332--2,7181091 ,1406684922,50216--11---2---63----3839698---41863306--132226-14415116141153-3
Hammersmith439028,447----3 049313-8571,05865255--33----3614----116882-1139639111092-101312-2701411 5101112-2
Kensington7613239,2241440--3,1662,4852032,0401,0316144--1-7141486295213---5224127011-141,115456895--198374-26319-1915-15---
Division 2 Hampstead15619722,104----2 199409109121464103-----16--7253----251221419---3046168119--49253-8512113101113--
Paddington10611831 ,4444---4 ,2078853677181,090349-253--5---269-13-----42498----15234162770--12819911361711814115---
St. Marylebone427123 ,942----9855671281062851832--------36291------113911924--958311883661-7822927841131493121-1
St. Pancras3012129 368----4 ,9193262312,4891,8031,6949----4-4-137---7---2-4644105---039467495439--230525-6502112221122---
Westminster, City of23521227,000769--897187614,2132199---------424054891---2142872,6342323-41193136724--11924323,0772012119120---
Division 3 Finsbury1041639 ,7321983--1,681-463837311893----25--28-------6-3102119-->19851246454-212513814359-99-91-1
Holborn-206,148----13886222915119---------2---------3414221--1714975-57011625075-55-5---
Islington29531744,1445231--7,675+17,619-2,6001,88687211211-33158128251615-47164764363359146I31289355725112296526-6173133421425---
Division 4 Hackney32816640 4551564--5, 76892521802792,345291---527--3319--3---413-441,957124144-264770191-1230393120924-2417-174-4
Shoreditch229-11,984----2, 3944473043,9941,671296---------23-312-59-2767394161-4-74501-187104-2099-96-64-4
Stoke Newington2254111,492----1,437159--2402078--------584--------9-11-181167374--48104-437-77-71-1
Division 5 Bethnal Green-115,47876--2,630307421,1261 28170628---4------------85-2111-132452051513116162-1559-97-7 |---
City of London--1,110----11417251------------------15+5-25463188512-29691-95720-2020-20---
Poplar2629618 ,145----2, 036601631741,099600-----4111285------1144-1224---4617266763-113918322829-99-9---
Stepney12720225,4751124--3,058176211,2652,0195344----15--67422----14-4966--624933380643-21235294590518-1814-142-2
Division 6 Deptford12017517,610----1,665704-2,190676403----------------14-12---12392989370219419211418-88-8---
Greenwich17713423,895----1,9555631603956147-------------------22+3-69209501304380--110186-22191107181-1
Woolwich23825642,5174274--1,9729882,114533909494-21--1352--113------926-28713-2210680919778--13431212961811916117---
Division 7 Camberwell32550043 ,5001883--4 283663-1,9733272,50792510--2451-11441213-4-1214-41319---9846832458125223493133519-1918+182-2
Lewisham1549763,00068239--2,994892542,3984853744331--319----927----64-6----56291363481-111362-25021-2117-173-3
Division 8 Bermondsey2193415 ,01493469242,525592-3,2787785453----------22-----825--7461-1016112265-8138204228412-1210-10---
Lambeth67467154,6661454--3,306396642 ,5711,8831,4101821---54--37116436745--5132321741-1950767787-2263527-2401721915217---
Southwark14915924,67738128--3,7081,2195822,0591,019897173----1356--147212-----28-1424211--91,612235976-4154260642019120161176-6
Division 9 Battersea1465829 ,7703118--3, 071901-1,882653687192-1-----5------617-212953--8621,51772014012142242-2111421613215---
Wandsworth397693112,9155990647,5292,607-7,1051,64058521--------12-----12-43375111-312403175--233710-49423-2318-182-2
LONDON5,2474,734859,63844018048882,66516,30323,58443,15726,03321,1436951651671010420812911234172642354856771163062237248,9841453435700111,2377,04411,73611974,1047,9882712,818437214583712239335-35

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t included in previous column.
Notes : (1) Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1953 : Two Closing Orders were determined in Islington and Woolwich and one in Kensington, Hackney, Bethnal Green, Camberwell and Lewisham.
(3) Licensed Cowsheds : Camberwell—1.
(4) Seamen's Lodging Houses : Poplar—1, Stepney—5
(2) Housing Act, 1949 : A DemolM Order was determined and Closing Order substituted under Section 3 (2) in Islington.
(5) Prosecutions : Inadequate Water Supe^o Tbnement Houses : St. Pancras—15 (12 convictions).
Rbstaurants, Eating Houses and Canteens : Kensington—1 (1 conviction), St. Marylebone—\ (1 conviction), Hackney—5 (5 convictions), City of London—2 (2 convictions) and Lewisham—1 (1 conviction).
Dairies andIEkshops : St. Pancras—1 (1 conviction), Hackney 2 (2 convictions).
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