Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Year | Mid.year estimate of population by the Registrar General, by age groups | Average age (years) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 0-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65+ | |||
| Year | Live births | Stillbirths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate per 1,000 population | No. | Rate per 1,000 total births (live and still) | |
| Year | Illegitimate live births | Illegitimate live births as a percentage of total live births | Ratio London, England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London A.C. | England and Wales | |||
| Age of mother (a) (years) | 1961 | London (A.C.) 1962 | 1963 | England and Wales 1962 % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| British (U.K.) | Eire | European | West Indian | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | Rate per 1,000 population |
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| Age and sex | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | I960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| Year | Age | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-44 | 45-64 | 65+ | ||||
| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |
| Age at death | Rates per 1,000 live births | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 day | 1 to 6 days | 1 to 3 wks. | 1 to 11 mnths | Total under 1 yr. | Early neonatal | Neonatal | Total infant mortality | |
| Cause of death | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| (Rates per 1,000 live births) Neo.natal mortality England | Infant mortality England | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | Number | Proportion per 100 live premature infants | Died within 24 hours | Survived 28 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Per 100 live premature infants | Number | Per 100 live premature infants | |||
| Year | London | England and Wales | Year | London | England and Wales |
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| Code No.* | Cause | Male | Female | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Per cent. | Number | Per cent. | ||
| Year | Live births and stillbirths | Deaths in pregnancy or childbirth excluding abortion | Postabortion deaths | Total maternal deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate per 1,000 total births | ||||
| Winter | ' Smoke' | ' Sulphur dioxide' | Ratio smoke/S02 |
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| Metropolitan Boroughs | Estimated home population mid 1963 | Live birth rate | Death rate Cat! causes) | Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births) | Death rates | Notifications of infectious disease | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Vascular lesions of C.N.S. | Heart disease | Other circulatory | Pneumonia | Other respiratory (excluding tuberculosis] | Violence | Dysentery | Food poisoning | Measles | Pneumonia | Poliomyelitis | Scarlet fever | Whooping cough | Tuberculosis | |||||||||
| Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Paralytic | Nonparalytic | Pulmonary | Non. pulmonary | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Annual rate per 1,000 living | Annual mortality per 1,000 living | Annual mortality— | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live births | Deaths (all causes) | Infant (per 1,000 live births) | Maternal (per 1,000 total births) | |||||||||||||||||
| Crude rate | Adjusted rate | Crude rate | Adjusted rate | Tuberculosis | Cancer | Vascular lesions of C.N.S. | Heart disease | Other circulatory disease | Influenza | Pneumonia (all forms) | Bronchitis | Other resp. diseases | Violence | Infants 0—1 | Diarrhoea and enteritis 0—2 | |||||
| Pulmonary | Non.pulmonary | Suicide | Road accidents | Other violence | ||||||||||||||||
| Cause | Sex | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75+ | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 1962 | ||||||||||
| Cause | Sex | 0. | 1. | 5. | 15. | 25. | 45. | 65. | 75+ | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 1962 | ||||||||||
| Month | Temperature Difference from | Rainfall Difference from | Sunshine Difference from | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (a) °F | Average (b) °F | Total ins. | Average (b) ins. | Total hrs. | Average (c) hrs. | |
| Year | Anthrax | Diphtheria | Dysentery | Acute encephalitis | Enteric fever | Erysipelas | Malaria | Measles | Meningococcal infection | Ophthalmia neonatorum | Pneumonia | Poliomyelitis | Puerperal pyrexia | Scabies | Scarlet fever | Smallpox | Typhus | Whooping cough | Food poisoning | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Paralytic | Non.par. | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | |||
| Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Four-weekly periods 1963 | Dysentery | Measles | Meningococcal infection | Pneumonia | Scarlet fever | Whooping cough | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ages | Ages | Ages | Ages | Ages | Ages | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 75+ | 15+ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Pulmonary tuberculosis | Non-pulmonary tuberculosis | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notifications | Deaths | Notifications | Deaths | |||||
| No. | Annual rate per 1,000 living | No. | Annual rate per 1,000 living | No. | Annual rate per 1,000 living | No. | Annual rate per 1,000 living | |
| Year | Age | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-4 | 5-14 | 15-44 | 45 and over | All ages | |||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Year | Age | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-4 | 5-14 | 15-44 | 45 and over | All ages | ||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Form of tuberculosis notified | Sex | Number of notifications of new cases of tuberculosis | Total (all ages) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75+ | |||
| Form of tuberculosis | Sex | Age at death | Total all ages | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75+ | |||
| Establishment | Notified case | Children | Adults | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculin tested | Positive reactors | X-rayed | Abnormal | X-rayed | Abnormal | ||
| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| Metropolitan Boroughs | Estimated home population mid 1963 | New notifications | New notifications per 1,000 population | Deaths from tuberculosis | Tuberculosis deaths per 1,000 population | Pulmonary tuberculosis deaths per 1,000 population aged 15 and over | Number of tuberculosis cases on clinic registers at 31.12.63 | Cases on register per 1,000 population | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary tuberculosis | Total deaths | Pulmonary | Tuberculosis of Meninges and C.N.S. | Other non-pulmonary tuberculosis | Total | Total | Percentage of pulmonary cases positive* during 1963 | ||||||
| Division | No. of 13-year-old school children | Total No. of consents | Alleged contacts of known cases | No. of children tested and read by B.C.G. units | Children not dealt with because of refusal of consent or absence | Positive reactors (among (4)) | No. of negative reactors vaccinated by B.C.G. units | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consents included in (2) | No. | Per cent. of( 1) | No. | Per cent. | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | |
| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| Designation | Samples examined | T.B. bacillus isolated | T.B. bacillus NOT isolated | Passed phosphatase test | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| Age | Principal cause of defective vision* | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cataract | Glaucoma | Other conditions | ||
| No. of patients examined | Treatment recommended | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | Medical | Surgical | Optical | Hospital supervision | ||||
| Early | Later | if general condition permits | ||||||
| Principal cause of defective vision | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cataract | Glaucoma | Other conditions | ||
| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| Number of beds in homes | Number of homes | Number of beds provided | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternity* | Others† | Mentally disordered | Total | ||
| Health Division | Premises | Work involved |
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| Health Division | Premises | Work involved |
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| Health Division | Premises | Work involved |
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| Health Division | Premises | Work involved |
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| Health Division | Property | Interest obtained |
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| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| At 31 December | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | |
| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor present | Doctor not present | Doctor present | Doctor not present | Doctor present | Doctor not present | Doctor present | Doctor not present | Doctor present | Doctor not present | |
| Age | Total confinements | Parity | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 and over | Not known | |||
| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| Weight | Number | Proportion per 100 live premature infants | Deaths in 24 hours | Survivors at 28 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Per 100 live premature infants | Number | Per 100 live premature infants | |||
| Home visits | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| Type of case | Number of new cases undertaken | % |
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| Visits for | At patients'home | Elsewhere (e.g., Nurses' Homes) | Total visits | % |
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| Number | Percentage of total patients nursed |
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| Age | % |
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| 1959 | I960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| Salk | Sabin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Since commencement of scheme | 1963 | Since commencement of scheme | |
| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| Year | Number of calls received | Ambulance not required | Average time to incident (in minutes) | Average time from incident to hospital (in minutes) |
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| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| Year | New cases Attendances | Staff at the end of the year (in terms of whole units) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| Year | New cases | Total attendances | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syphilis | 5. Chancre | Gonorrhoea | Total venereal cases | Total non-venereal cases | ||||||||
| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| Divisions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total | |
| Divisions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total | |
| Divisions | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total | |||||||||||
| Talks | Attendances | Talks | Attendances | Talks | Attendances | Talks | Attendances | Talks | Attendances | Talks | Attendances | Talks | Attendances | Talks | Attendances | Talks | Attendances | Talks | Attendances | |
| % | % | % | % | % | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial action | Final disposal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | |||||
| Initial disposal to hospital | Final disposal to hospital | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 65 years | 65 years and over | Total | Un 65 | der ears | 65 and | ears over | To | tal | ||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| 1962 | 1963 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital care: | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Type of care received | Mentally m | Mentally subnormal or severely subnormal | Grand total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 16 years | Over 16 years | All ages | ||||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |||
| Age groups | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Nature of inspection | Number inspected | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age groups inspected |
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| Age and sex | All defects | Vision defects | Defects other than vision | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | |
| 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| Age group | Number of pupils inspected | Parent present % | Care committee representatives present at inspection % |
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| Physical condition | Nutrition defect noted for | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory % | Unsatisfactory % | Treatment % | Observation % | |
| Percentage unsatisfactory physical condition | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year of birth | Year of examination | |||
| 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | |
| Type of school | Number of children present | On payment | Number who took school dinners | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Total | ||||
| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| Age group | Boys | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not wearing spectacles | Wearing spectacles | |||||||
| 6/6 | 6/9 | 6/12 or worse | Referred for treatment | 6/6 | 6/9 | 6/12 or worse | Referred for treatment | |
| Girls | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| Type of clinic | Sessions | New cases | Attendances |
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| Day | Boarding |
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| Day special schools | Council boarding special schools | L.C.C. pupils in nonCouncil boarding schools, hostels and foster homes | Council's hospital schools and groups | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London County Council pupils | Out. county pupils | Total | London County Council pupils | Out. county pupils | Total | London County Council pupils | Outcounty pupils | Total | Special classes, etc. | ||
| 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| Patients |
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| Barrett Street College | City of Westminster College | Brixton College |
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| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| Total | Nursing or expectant mothers | Children (under 5) |
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| Types of staff | Location | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central office | Divisional offices and establishments (a) | Other establishments (b) | ||
| 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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| Condition | Organism isolated |
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| £ |
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| Service | Cost | Amount recovered in contributions |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ |
| Health visitor students | Other students (medical, nursing, teaching and social science) |
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| Health division | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total | Health division | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total |
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| Borough | DWELLINGS | CLEARANCE AREAS Housing Act, 1957, Part III | DWELLING HOUSES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erected by Borough Council | Erected by other persons | Total number in the Borough | Unfit houses | Other houses | Houses excluded from Clearance Orders (no longer unfit for human habitation—Section 24) | Inspections | Repaired as a result of informal action | Defects remedied after service of formal notice | Houses closed in pursuance of owners' undertaking | Persons displaced | Demolition Orders made | Persons displaced | Closing Orders made in lieu of Demolition Orders | Persons displaced | Closing Orders determined | Closing Orders revoked and Demolition Orders made | Houses demolished as a result of formal or informal procedure | Persons displaced | Rooms closed | Undertakings accepted | ||||||||||||||
| Demolished | Persons displaced | Demolished | Persons displaced | Initial visits on complaint | With a view to action under Part II of the Housing Act, 1957 | Other reasons | Re-inspections | Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | Housing Act, 1957 | Underground rooms | Underground rooms | Underground rooms | Other rooms | |||||||||||||||||||||
| By owners | By local authority | By owners | By local authority | Number | Persons displaced | Number | Persons displaced | Number | Persons displaced | Number | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Borough | DWELLING HOUSES | Water supply to tenement houses P H (London) Act 1936 | Control of movable Dwellings (L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1959, sec. 22) | AIR POLLUTION | CLEANSING AND DISINFECTION | LICENSED OR REGISTERED PREMISES | PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housing Act 1961—Houses in multiple occupation | Overcrowding abated Section 90, Housing Act 1957 | Houses provided with supply | Prosecutions | Convictions | Site licences at beginning of year | Site licences issued during year | Complaints | Observations | Intimation notices served | Nuisance notices served | Prosecutions | Smoke Control Orders confirmed | Adults cleansed | Children cleansed | Premises disinfected | Premises disinfested | Licensed slaughterhouses | Other offensive trades | Common and Seamen's Lodging Houses | Dairies and milk shops | Ice cream premises | Establishment | Employed at end of year | Pupil assistants employed at end of year | Technical assistants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closing Orders substituted for Demolition Orders | Management Orders made | Neglect of proper standards of management made good | Additional services or facilities provided | Houses provided with means of escape from fire | Directions made to reduce or remedy overcrowding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | Persons displaced | Number | Persons displaced | By owners | By local authority | By owners | By local authority | By owners | By local authority | Number | Persons displaced | Number | Persons displaced | At home | At cleansing station | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of houses | Persons displaced | Number | Persons displaced | Number of houses | Persons displaced | Number | Persons displaced | Number | Persons displaced | Number | Persons displaced | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||