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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
Chelsea 1909
Annual report for 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health
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A slight alteration to the original plan has been made by providing
the two w.c's for men on the half-landings ; the two w.c's for women
being on the balconies of each landing. The tenements will be lighted by
gas on the automatic (Id. in the slot) system, and each tenement will
have a movable gas griller over the kitchen range. It is expected that the
Buildings will be completed and ready for occupation early in March.
The scheme of rents fixed by the Borough Council provides for rents
of 3s. per week for single-room tenements on the half-basement and third
floors, and 3s. 6d. per week for single-room tenements on the ground, first
and second floors. The corresponding rents for two-room tenements will
be 5s. and 5s. 6d.
SUTTON TRUST SCHEME FOR INDUSTRIAL DWELLINGS.
During the year the Borough Council agreed to the closing of the
several streets on which the Trust proposed to erect Industrial Dwellings,
and certificates were obtained from the magistrates. Notices of appeal
to Quarter Sessions in opposition to the enrollment of the certificates were
given by various adjoining owners of property, but these were withdrawn
before the appeal was heard, and the orders were duly made.
In October I made an inspection of some of the houses in the streets
which will be closed for the erection of the new Dwellings, and the
following table shews approximately the number of empty houses in these
streets, and the structural conditions of the houses then in occupation.
| Street. | Empty Houses. | Occupied Houses. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dilapidated and worn out. | In fair condition. | Total. | ||
| Pym-street | 11 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| Marlborough-street | 3 | — | 10 | 10 |
| Marlborough-square | 9 | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| College-street | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Cale-street | 12 | 15 | 15 | |
| Whole Area | 40 | 30 | 39 | 69 |
SUN COURT, CHEYNE WALK.
During the past year this court was closed by the owners after the
service of notices under the Public Health (London) Act. The houses
were also scheduled under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890,
Part II., Section 32, and the Borough Council resolved that the necessary
proceedings be taken under the Act to obtain the closing of the premises
(26th May, 1909). This course of procedure was, however, rendered
unnecessary by the action of the owners already referred to, and there did
not appear any likelihood of the premises being re-occupied.