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APPENDIX I.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH TABLE.
Borough of Lambeth.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.
Year ended, 31st December, 1927.
General Statistics.
Area (acres) 4,083
Population 307,700*
Number of inhabited houses 42,607†
Number of families or separate occupiers 78,399†
Rateable value £2,228,622
Sum represented by a penny rate £9,128
Housing.
Number of new houses erected during the year:—
(a) Total 408‡
(b) As part of a Municipal Housing Scheme 230‡§
(49 blocks)
I.—UNFIT DWELLING HOUSES.
I.—Inspection.
(1). Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts) 9,816§§
(2). Number of dwelling-houses which were
spected and recorded under the Housing
(Consolidated Regulations, 1925 395
(3). Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a
state so dangerous or injurious to health
as to be unfit for human habitation
(4). Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those
referred to under the preceding sub-heading)
found not to be in all respects reasonably
fit for human habitation 393
* Estimated 1927. † Census figures 1921. ‡ Representing 178 and
230 tenements respectively § In addition, 2 blocks representing 64 tenements
were erected during the year. These tenements are included in (a) only.
§§ 9,421 Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and 395 Housing Acts.