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London County Council 1964

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

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APPENDIX C

Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils in1964.

BOROUGHDWELLINGSCLEARANCE AREAS Housing Act, 1957, Part IIIDWELLING 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 INSPECTORBOROUGH
Erected by Borough CouncilErected by other personsTotal number in the BoroughInspectionsRepaired as a result of informal actionDefects remedied after service of formal noticeHouses closed in pursuance of owners' undertakingPersons displacedDemolition Orders madePersons displacedClosing Orders made in lieu of Demolition OrdersPersons displacedClosing Orders determinedClosing Orders revoked and Demolition Orders madeHouses demolished as a result of formal or informal procedurePersons displacedRooms closedUndertakings acceptedHousing Act 1961—Houses in multiple occupationOvercrowding abated Section 90, Housing Act 1957ComplaintsObservationsIntimation notices servedNuisance notices servedProsecutionsSmoke Control Orders confirmedAdults cleansedChildren cleansedPremises disinfectedPremises disinfectedEstablishmentEmployed at end of yearPupil assistants employed at end of yearTechnical assistants
Licensed slaughterhousesOther offensive tradesCommon and Seamen's Lodging HousesDairies and milk shopsIce cream premises
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
Unfit housesOther housesHouses excluded from Clearance Orders (no longer unfit for human habitation—Section 24)
Underground roomsOther roomsUnderground roomsOther roomsAt homeAt cleansing station
Initial visits on complaintWith a view to action under Part II of the Housing Act, 1957Other reasonsRe-inspections
Public Health (London) Act, 1936Housing Act, 1957
DemolishedPersons displacedDemolishedPersons displacedHouses provided with supplyProsecutionsConvictionsMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotal
NumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedNumber
Site licences at beginning of yearSite licences issued during year
NumberPersons displaced
By ownersBy local authorityBy ownersBy local authorityNumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedBy ownersBy local authorityBy ownersBy local authorityBy ownersBy local authorityNumberPersons displaced
Number of housesPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedNumber of housesPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displacedNumberPersons displaced
Division 1Division 1
Chelsea609117,1297178,3368,217103452541717418248767919819Chelsea
Fulham93730,184121§54§2,0562011,2337,9428413981011228213643113216142628112923214131322Fulham
Hammersmith7825,200491762,74772113,1162,3091,46272752213245454111850711903312340130217141211321311Hammersmith
Kensington5811342,787184163,0561,2914,37623,50452834531271243—-291063232101147152536141—-187295183768—-—-1953792419192222Kensington
Division 2Division 2
Hampstead17621525,1929253113,72714,3071,005107532327013511347355—-—-—-6925115131143—-3415Hampstead
Paddington23937,7652,7965093,41118,598551352191544254791411221345725171815943768—-—-1491971813133144—-4Paddington
St. Marylebone4848925,1171,1341381,3735,828414114893615361931238261293511—-2991921510212112—-St. Marylebone
St. Pancras41414929,707522622,3161802,6237,668704681238112312103291147864576684—-—-2902782323234—-4—-St. Pancras
Westminster, City of28527,843605243,5804,8911456115526132122405163403572—-—-214528026141154—-42—-2Westminster, City of
Division 3Division 3
Finsbury11989,540153216862105,7599,01634467527177452428221611072697397—-—-112415611772—-21—-1Finsbury
Holborn3335,9961412589331,413118353211626282212130833885248145544—-2—-2Holborn
Islington†l72‡22747,53754512,0882208,39225,2531,7551,186513241045125520331415143112893531999323122874932101,0711535455734251264444Islington
Division 4Division 4
Hackney13118750,393231143,4652018,29514,1211,31946222312164255822515111111074839582123047218181841511Hackney
Shoreditch*************************************************************************************Shoreditch
Stoke Newington447712,6861,408681,8023,186117128125124382613623321055510577711Stoke Newington
Division 5Division 5
Bethnal Green28520814,203****1,7072,6974,3544,803989501162013267152621818058114798512699722Bethnal Green
City of London_1,01547278181751189814913378232323City of London
Poplar7042318,921****2,5801,2195,0047,1541,84038718114729121532551711436234231042,113121082039994422Poplar
Stepney2431226,130191476,056543,5205,9051571,152542196581611122539741836614422212610330823274801852092981813134433Stepney
Division 6Division 6
Deptford*************************************************************************************Deptford
Greenwich23326425,0122,080109,1048,16631687522111512,5741,893128601,2929923210911033Greenwich
Woolwich34538146,17211025013251,427905,4386,4385852495104061823142212241942102651113231517161162222Woolwich
Division 7Division 7
Camberwell26659346,6672511125,54930330,46310,4911,4521,0931225425218202420755764451382572365342155312118184433Camberwell
Lewisham409*66,3071,2601415,24511,7093192683195106147106113244143258518538610637420191944Lewisham
Division 8Division 8
Bermondsey10111415,665638141,53621,72912,16048114618213108632652038111919711993311Bermondsey
Lambeth**57,198*****1,30061119,82310,181661637674310558882163515730536153187748297626211711831466Lambeth
Southwark924925,21170374252,6633715,7146,538540427107232348471443441402323111728587377921,5412514529620151164422Southwark
Division 91Division 9
Battersea1415728,124288778942,3613226,2415,75736435810331416351136181851992601,11510821142721291103322Battersea
Wandsworth640764122,000181665,4744121,70319,280788317816141119911169212483181120916124032474722202022Wandsworth
LONDON3,9055,355879,7017462,25115914068,3139,071224,366255,5436,58011,132504185101114557666156144110859270170106914546423552122831917034995812171300931,6483,91215491283,9866,5732,7904,20915,170348224,0707,847 446372123836857344145LONDON

* Information not available.
† 20 repair conversions.
‡ 49 L.C.C. repair conversions.
§ 327 (Total No. of persons displaced from both unfit and other houses).
¶ 16 premises surveyed prior to service of notice.
* 1 prosecution.
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