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London County Council 1963

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

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Table: APPENDIX B

APPENDIX B

BoroughDWELLING HOUSESWater supply to tenement houses P H (London) Act 1936Control of movable Dwellings (L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1959, sec. 22)AIR POLLUTIONCLEANSING AND DISINFECTIONLICENSED OR REGISTERED PREMISESPUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR
Housing Act 1961—Houses in multiple occupationOvercrowding abated Section 90, Housing Act 1957Houses provided with supplyProsecutionsConvictionsSite licences at beginning of yearSite licences issued during yearComplaintsObservationsIntimation notices servedNuisance notices servedProsecutionsSmoke Control Orders confirmedAdults cleansedChildren cleansedPremises disinfectedPremises disinfestedLicensed slaughterhousesOther offensive tradesCommon and Seamen's Lodging HousesDairies and milk shopsIce cream premisesEstablishmentEmployed at end of yearPupil assistants employed at end of yearTechnical assistants
Closing Orders substituted for Demolition OrdersManagement Orders madeNeglect of proper standards of management made goodAdditional services or facilities providedHouses provided with means of escape from fireDirections made to reduce or remedy overcrowding
NumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedBy ownersBy local authorityBy ownersBy local authorityBy ownersBy local authorityNumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedAt homeAt cleansing stationMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotal
Number of housesPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedNumber of housesPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displaced
Division 1
Chelsea-------------------------6520-----214212373---661078628------
Fulham--2-3---3-------25--3----1627---1-951745322---1302321414—142-21-1
Hammersmith--1361---—3---1--—114———-—314420---2-3087818347---1342311212—122131-1
Kensington--27-3---4-----------72----5128-9211182212203551---2013741915—15—-—3-3
Division 2
Hampstead----6--—‡-------**———9-—1—7184-——1-22—116148---7025815131143-3123
Paddington--21-------------57---9----39661——2661423572856-—-1422031813—132-21-1
St. Marylebone-------------------------4355123—1—83121151241-129719315112131-1—-—
St. Pancras--------------------7----148336-----6319370531-——2762672221—211-1—-—
Westminster, City of-------------------------63806———4—467383219-—21392752624—245-52-2
Division 3
Finsbury------------------1------305239————8017142330-—11351601010—103-31-1
Holborn-------------------------382841———78262430105-525114455—5—-——-—
Islington--8-----1-------2---18---959227103—1227426634524673918-37457533252272-22-2
Division 4
Hackney--6-------------270*------1652536,4371482—199923106431612144502418—184152-2
Shoreditch----------------2---2----8114———2—4—28397-1-7212295—52-21-1
Stoke Newington--1----------------------42192————45133276-1-5410677—7
Division 5
Bethnal Green--36--------------------101530537——1375366—428-2-88§13498—82-2—-—
City of London-------------------------41-2----1,040—815-—129881919—195-5—-—
Poplar----------------63244-----3127025———1—602711,627-121061991111—114-4—-—
Stepney--71-12-1---------4—329516-——18349218—4—1743022621429-1952233101817—174-43-3
Division 6
Deptford--6-1---6------172*7-----1521———2—56010784201-——10220088—82-22-2
Greenwich-----------------------3823—————2,0111,8026452944-—-982331091103-3———
Woolwich-------------------------15108———226338918817711-16533118161172-2———
Division 7
Camberwell--28-------------28------27184215———25797017114557-4-21552921161174-43—3
Lewisham--2-----1-------5------2213———4—1534218185-—-1273672020—204-4———
Division 8
Bermondsey--------1--------------10811141———1—50205324-811192091110—101-11—1
Lambeth----------------442-----3823207———4—9442190693-1-28661420161173142—2
Southwark--3--------------------23111728————587377921,541-2514529620151164-42—2
Division 9
Battersea--1---------------27---5—252631————1522191,054132-2—13328013121133-32—2
Wandsworth-----------------------15666332———1—2610153248———3317212220—203-3———
LONDON——2256125—1—19---1—-—61030542102136—-592631,3464,6206,5833011373,4948,2822,2913,70813,379362224,3228,208457396134097137430232

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‡90 houses after informal action. **36 houses after informal action. §Two prosecutions. * Number not known.
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