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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southwark 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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7.—Rates Collection and Leakages, 1933.34.
| Metropolitan borough. | Amount collected. | Recoverable arrears carried forward. | Amounts irrecoverable. | Approximate number of empty properties (excluding compounded properties) at 31st March, 1934. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abatement to owners rated instead of occupiers. | Empties. | Absconded, bankrupt, etc. | Excused by Justices. | Total irrecoverable, | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Poor Rate | 91.06 | .93 | .00 | 7.46 | .55 | .00 | 8.01 | 9 fil Q |
| General Rate (a) | 94.75 | .89 | .01 | 3.74a | .61 | .00 | 4.36/ | |
| Battersea | 97.97 | .30 | .03 | 1.66 | .04 | .00 | 1.73 | 485 |
| Bermondsey | 93.94 | 1.05 | .86 | 3.98 | .17 | .00 | 5.01 | 867 |
| Bethnal Green | 92.93 | .40 | 4.30 | 2.32 | .05 | .00 | 6.67 | 268 |
| Camberwell | 96.38 | .96 | — | 2.21 | .16 | .29 | 2.66 | 876 |
| Chelsea | 92.91 | .33 | .48 | 6.03 | .25 | — | 6.76 | 522 |
| Deptford | 96.85 | .96 | .44 | 1.56 | .16 | .03 | 2.19 | 230 |
| Finsbury | 89.13 | 1.22 | .29 | 9.23 | 13 | .00 | 9.65 | 827 |
| Fulham | 96.88 | .30 | .33 | 2.38 | .10 | .01 | 2.82 | 447 |
| Greenwich | 97.68 | .48 | .22 | 1.50 | .12 | — | 1.84 | 280 |
| Hackney | 97.11 | .78 | — | 1.95 | .11 | .05 | 2.11 | 649 |
| Hammersmith | 96.80 | .50 | .61 | 1.86 | .22 | .01 | 2.70 | 379 |
| Hampstead | 94.87 | .04 | .09 | 4.89 | .10 | .01 | 5.09 | 934 |
| Holborn | 90.87 | .51 | .30 | 8.22 | .10 | — | 8.62 | 809 |
| Islington | 97.46 | .27 | .05 | 2.12 | .07 | .03 | 2.27 | 782 |
| Kensington | 94.85 | .23 | .07 | 4.66 | .18 | .01 | 4.92 | 1,734 |
| Lambeth | 96.92 | .66 | .03 | 2.21 | .16 | .02 | 2.42 | 946 |
| Lewisham | 96.15 | .34 | .33 | 2.99 | .19 | .00 | 3.51 | 1,449 |
| Paddington | 93.40 | .73 | .09 | 5.62 | .16 | .00 | 5.87 | 996 |
| Poplar.. | 93.51 | .46 | 2.80 | 3.06 | .17 | — | 6 03 | 346 |
| St. Marylebone | 91.87 | .77 | .20 | 7.07 | .09 | — | 7.36 | 1,863 |
| St. Pancras | 94.51 | .62 | .15 | 4.34 | .36 | .02 | 4.87 | 1,084 |
| Shored itch | 94.31 | .18 | .42 | 5.00 | .09 | — | 5.51 | 597 |
| South wark | 95.47 | .52 | .48 | 3.33 | .18 | .02 | 4.01 | 722 |
| Stepney | 94.06 | 1.88 | .09 | 3.79 | .15 | .03 | 4.06 | 1,271 |
| Stoke Newington | 97.09 | .44 | — | 2.36 | .10 | .01 | 2.47 | 197 |
| Wandsworth | 96.72 | .24 | .42 | 2.55 | .06 | .01 | 3.04 | 1,629 |
| Westminster (City) | 90.37 | 110 | .12 | 8.28 | .12 | .01 | 8.53 | 4,058 |
| Woolwich | 98.23 | .46 | — | 1.22 | .09 | — | 1 .31 | 402 |
| County of London (excluding the City) | 94.17 | .69 | .32 | 4.66 | .14 | .02 | 5.74 | 25,649 |
| Administrative County of London (average) | 93.89 | .72 | .28 | 4.90 | .19 | .02 | 5.39 | 28,268 |
| («) City of London—One half of the General Rate (but not Poor Rate) is charged on owners of unoccupied properties . | ||||||||
In addition to the above, the following amounts are outstanding in respect of loans
raised for the purpose of making advances to borrowers under the Small Dwellings Acquisition
Acts:—
£
Hackney 205,552
Hammersmith 13,787
Hampstead 1,985
Islington 47,401
Stoke Newington 4,078
Wandsworth 108,278
Woolwich 1,010,981
1,392,062