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London County Council 1957

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

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APPENDIX CStatistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils in 1957.

BoroughDWELLINGSCLEARANCE AREASDWELLING HOUSESAIR POLLUTIONCLEA NSING A ND DISINFECTIONLICENSED OR REGISTERED PREMISESRestaurants, eating houses and canteensPUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS
Erected by the Borough CouncilErected by other personsTotal number in the BoroughInspectionsRepaired as a result of informal actionDefects remedied afterHousing Act 1957ComplaintsObservationsIntimation notices servedNuisance notices servedSmoke control orders madeA dults cleansedChildren cleansedPremises disinfectedPremises disinfestedEstablishmentEmployed at end of yearAssistants employed at end of year
Unfit HousesOther HousesOn complaintOn notification of illnessHouse-to-houseOther reasonsDemolishedClosed by undertakingRooms closedUndertakings acceptedClosing Orders madeWater supply provided to tenement housesLicensed slaughterhousesOther offensive tradesDairies and milk shopsIce cream premisesCommon Lodging Houses
Public Health (London) Act 1936Housing Act, 1957At homeAt a cleansing station
DemolishedPersons displacedDemolishedPersons displacedUnderground roomsOther roomsUuderground roomsOther rooms
By ownersBy local authorityBy ownersBy local authorityMade fit for occupation by number of families accommodatedOvercrowding abatedNumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displaced
NumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displaced
MaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotal
Division 1
Chelsea166015,72060499922857_531433__453757282307120268481231939628
Fulham1238430,5022261,929985427296471,65322—_121_25_—_2.103125921511758338137254148161111233
Hammersmith17628,2392,8963321,6291,18239222__30138328688231972,1102843581510111
Kensington344440,3292,2422,0766901,1848614236128521524_211931887—_—_202061,23736170119929426019161622
Division 2
Hampstead23511422,453_1,6314258615060993233653147235712871389350237168121111233
Paddington87238,57921133,4711,484475825930179129_21384170718511109161448501302041136181311422
St. Marylebone6013724,30167675212988234181131493651781122507311,13428776307181146275914101311
St. Pancras17128,21616833,8656332611,4321,6581,25213291526146371519445364834042335266502221122—_
Westminster, City of15732427,53513717274510473,2962496114288411,60366128317831512025323,0902016117
Division 3
Finsbury123279,90427401,428583466649941121026781512259051605791915151137145140899911
Holborn24516,14568123131,62075912275275228545671172512555
Islington9818944,028315,1622221,8191,57055711516220816283301802942290766139411381349112321489360342232566
Division 4
Hackney32117740,248653,447182742752,096325223—_—_437918481,88813441552854271485218400132224212155
Shoreditch3024011,3771,7203064703,2171,0441852215_1312853015579131467129718710416896—_655
Stoke Newington17611,6201,0162291871531052820659360501084676611
Division 5
Bethnal Green31431015,16585525181,9931,017851759304612573142275—_33205943613115157151966—_
City of London1,09772637_48796325—_31751972202020
Poplar3917716,8571,929453237875480488965—_4207453155142967321169180127087722
Stepney1004525,5031102021,7592051781,4661,66350716—_161437212892693755869543192663005903181414
Division 6
Deptford1920617,591_1,283981,052551256172541,0935525429510918886611
Greenwich1413924,0654111,4022751649176913516—_133118599147234301311019517710819—_
Woolwich27111341,9429394331,4801,0664182,6907434282121326185615361032381361,150190592113332212221916117
Division 7
Camberwell25570844,0003,2143202,1613131,753422195842263432253083331284912001,5495227503133021171722
Lewisham10212963,000446212142,0771,552573,9103434373423724132016733716421727246111224525021181833
Division 8
Bermondsey2359615,0651294255102,0071,306302,9165313383—_212062167669145510255713917622531110_101—_1
Lambeth64261655,9242,613490326551,7069591205281727192123421424_151356112962261553232211721911
Southwark22015724,70720558123,0193335181,58294855415440723837391710341726114_1,3391,3332747993156271417201411566
Division 9
Battersea290129,818711385222,9984882,10863157115532216542162082891,535662121121382512201610212
Wandsworth1871,054114,8005220055,8681,3708,1881,1354244151832242782622341717223273853723171722
LONDON4,4425,376868,7308422,111865862,54916,3084,34542,02421,80715,65154512424215812424897213895191791373941755541766678,4001491473407,45710,7306,18110,18611674,1727,7592712,600458363213844747

included in previous column. Notes:—(1) Closing Orders : Seven Closing Orders were determined in Hackney, five in Islington, four in St. Marylebone, two in Kensington, Lewisham and Woolwich and one in Camberwell and Finsbury. In Hackney one Closing Order was revoked and a Demolition Order made.
(3) Seamen's Lodging Houses : Poplar—2, Stepney—5, (4) Prosecutions ; Inadequate Water Supply to Tenement Houses : St. Pancras—4 (4 convictions). Ice Cream Premises ; Bethnal Green—9 (6 convictions). Restaurants, eating Houses and Canteens : Westminster 42 (28 convictions).
(2) Licensed Cowsheds : Camberwell—1.