Report for the year 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health.

  • Holborn (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1921
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Credit: Report for the year 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE X. AS REQUIRED BY THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL. Premises. Number on register at end of 1919. Number of Inspections Number of prosecutions. Cowsheds 0 0 — Milkshops 156 l8l — Houses let in lodgings 603 841 37 Ice cream premises 31 73 — Slaughter houses 1 5 — Offensive Trades 0 0 — Smoke Nuisances— Number of observations 54 Number of notices 5 Number of nuisances and complaints 11 complaints Number of summonses 0 Housing of the Working Classes— Number of houses inspected 800 Number of houses dealt with under section 15 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909 0 Number of representations by householders 0 Number of representations by Medical Officer 1 Number of houses included in such representations 1 Number of Closing Orders 1 Number of houses included in such Closing Orders 1 Number of Closing Orders determined 1 Number of houses remedied without Closing Orders — (A number of houses were remedied without the necessity for representation) Number of demolition orders 1 Number of houses demolished; (a) in pursuance of Orders 0 (b) voluntarily 0 Obstructive Buildings— Number of representations under Section 38 of the Housing Act, 1890 0 Number of buildings demolished 0 Number of representations still under consideration 0 Number of Orders for repairs issued under Section 28 of the Housing Act, 1919 0 Number of houses repaired by local authorities 0 Number of houses closed on notice by owner that they could not be made fit 0 Total number of houses in the borough 9416 Number of houses occupied by the working classes 9021 tenements Number of houses for the working classes— (a) erected during year (b) in course of erection 0 Underground Rooms— Number illegally occupied 4 Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued 4 Overcrowding— Number of rooms overcrowded 2 Number remedied 2 Prosecutions 0 Cleansing— Number of adults cleansed 194 Number of children cleansed 0 Number of rooms or premises cleansed 89 (vermin) Prosecutions (vermin) 11 Water supply to tenement houses— Premises supplied 7 Prosecutions 0 Sale of Food— Number of premises used other than ice cream premises, milk shops and cowsheds.. 442 Number of Inspections 2493 Disinfection shelter— Persons accommodated 0 Ophthalmia neonatorum regulations— Number of notifications received during the year from certified mid wives 0 Sanitary officers— Number of Sanitary Inspectors (whole-time) - Male 3 Female 0 Number of Sanitary Inspectors (part-time) - Male 0 Female 1 Number of Health Visitors - whole time 1 part-time 1
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