[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council 1917].

  • London County Council (London, England). County of London.
Date:
1918
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    19 43316 C 2 TABLE II. COUNTY OF LONDON. Statistics of the administrative work carri^l out during the year 1917. Sanitary Authority. Cow sheds. Slaughter houses. Offensive Trades. Smoke nuisances. Under ground rooms. Over crowding. Housing of the Working Classes Acts. Houses let in lodgings. Common lodging houses. Cleansing of persons and rooms. Water supply. Milk- shops. Ice cream premises. Other food places. No licensed. No. of inspections. No. licensed No. of inspections. No. licensed. No. of Inspections. Observations. Complaints. Notices. No. illegally occupied. No. closed or other wise remedied. Instances found. No. remedied. Houses inspected. Representations made. Closing orders. Remedied without closing orders. No. on register. No. of inspections. Prosecutions. Houses licensed. Authorised lodgers. Adults. Children. Premises or rooms. Tenement houses extra supply. No. on register. No. of inspections. No. on register. No. of inspections. No. of places. No. of inspections. City ot London — — * * — — 143 14 – l – 1 1 493 — 191 473 — 1 455 8 16 5 – 580 1,481 43 110 † 1028 1,575 Battersea 2 6 3 436 3 16 1 1 1 12 12 31 31 1,661 — — 996 114 149 — 2 147 320 2,620 99 54 145 489 177 313 168 1,033 Bermondsey 1 1 28 13 145 67 14 14 — — 10 10 — — — — 223 60 — 4 1,196 48 — 1,908 273 815 95 66 910 8,393 Bethnal Green 12 62 3 15 1 3 17 8 — — — 25 25 13 6 6 — 235 964 — 8 400 13 — 3,400 1 220 670 95 180 254 1,134 Camberwell 7 109 6 98 2 7 — 4 8 — — 51 51 — — — — 292 39 — 5 466 126 5,178 138 — 544 1,121 276 338 380 1,642 Chelsea 3 9 — — 3 2 2 — — 5 5 — — — — — — 4 236 8 72 615 — 99 140 28 30 99 140 Deptford — 2 55 5 18 — — — — — 3 3 — — — — 438 363 — 8 1,231 — 943 3,781 — 247 353 136 74 117 222 Finsbury 1 3 2 59 1 12 13 13 1 5 5 13 13 15 15 15 — 908 2,564 — 3 228 8 — — — 156 165 2 44 223 223 Fulham 2 50 — — — 8 4 4 4 22 22 — — — — — — 2 98 — 163 122 15 96 520 54 96 — 946 Greenwich .. .. .\. 3 12 5 10 3 — 93 — — 5 5 18 18 — — — 247 251 — 3 121 1,105 171 — 124 137 105 61 — _ Hackney 13 40 19 73 1 1 — 12 13 — — 38 38 — — — — 470 185 — 5 416 68 2,091 — 3 288 151 29 29 — Hammersmith 7 294 — 20 7 3 — — 12 12 — — — 2,693 600 — 3 387 — 982 2 306 734 234 153 — 3,715 Hampstead — 4 37 — — 38 2 4 10 10 4 4 73 4 4 — 405 970 — — — 7 444 41 30 94 205 72 109 465 1,443 Holbom 1 3 — — 14 4 3 4 4 5 5 — — — — 623 780 — 17 1,247 54 — £0 — 165 113 58 49 467 1,535 Islington 3 29 23 1,025 7 89 33 4 2 6 6 14 — — — — — 26 1,134 4 4,001 17 12 586 948 235 27 559 10,308 Kensington 1 55 6 416 — — 365 4 3 2 2 16 16 32 6 6 2 2,065 7,459 3 12 625 131 1,889 296 — 190 978 190 132 634 2,046 Lambeth 6 12 14 180 3 36 — — — 49 49 76 76 — 372 446 — 5 645 .— — 465 18 255 1,530 — — 462 428 Lewisham 9 86 11 121 — — 19 1 2 — — 10 10 193 3 3 41 4 12 — 1 30 — — 45 — 147 198 — — 60 60 Paddington.. . , 1 4 5 232 — — 119 13 — — — 52 49 63 8 8 — 1,404 5,308 9 3 221 — — 105 4 108 133 43 76 302 444 Poplar 10 34 11 80 6 35 — 19 13 — 171 171 9 7 7 2 1,265 4,510 1 7 994 185 4,761 1,139 •— 265 698 76 51 263 966 St. Marylebone 5 18 3 14 2 12 211 6 6 15 15 5 5 1,167 — — 1,158 1,202 6 10 1,102 2,914 3,075 1,866 25 203 195 117 6 395 1,186 St. Pancras 4 30 12 163 2 46 4 8 3 19 19 38 38 1,625 2 4 1,623 2,364 5,917 — 5 504 413 4,098 902 26 223 481 129 111 — 4,331 Shoreditch 3 10 3 10 1 10 — — 3 — — 70 70 656 — — — 283 435 — 7 464 — – — . — 272 1,724 59 89 166 525 Southwark 3 34 5 57 3 15 11 6 4 6 6 126 126 — — — — 1,349 2,323 16 27 3,173 82 8,024 729 7 362 1,321 205 14 461 1,165 Stepney 29 65 5 13 6 24 56 6 23 16 16 188 188 — 2 — 741 972 36 5,370 162 1 2,858 — 456 1,793 96 212 429 1,477 Stoke Newington 1 — 4 — 12 — — — — 1 1 326 — — 259 — 1 37 4 251 — 4 65 96 — — — 387 Wandsworth 11 44 13 239 4 110 34 19 3 — 26 26 844 — — 668 292 851 — 6 185 59 — 176 21 412 725 330 309 213 287 Westminster 1 4 — 1,230 66 44 3 3 13 13 3,070 — — — 1,240 3,640 5 6 1,606 64 522 191 36 486 693 155 239 1,200 3,413 Woolwich ... .. 15 39 9 33 — — 2 2 1 2 2 95 95 4,251 4 4 — 435 609 18 518 17 2,783 568 — 96 112 46 – 128 153 Note.-—In the columns above a dash signifies a nil return. Common lodging houses: Licensed number, 235; lodgers, 23,236: visits-day, 18,240, night, 652; prosecutions, nil. Seamen's lodging houses: Licensed number, 7 in Bermondsey, 1 Deptford, 13 Poplar, 36 Stepney; lodgers, 1461; visits-day, 1,637, night, 142; convictions, 6; penalties, £97 Prosecutions: Milkshops—Chelsea 5, Hammersmith 2, Paddington 1, Bethnal Green, 1; water supply—St. Marylebone 3, Southwark 2; smoke nuisances—Stepney 1, West minster 1 ; offensiv^rades—Bermondsey 4, Wandsworth 4 ; overcrowding—Bethnal Green 1. * Continuous supervision during the regular hours of slaughter. When slaughtering is required at other hours, the Slaughterhouse Bye-laws provide for notice being given to the Medical Officer of Health in order that arrangements may be made for an Inspector to be present, t In addition to these premises, there are Cold Stores, Butchers' Shops and the Central Meat Market, all of which are kept under constant supervision.