Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1925
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I.—Unfit Dwelling-houses.
Inspection. | |
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(1) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 2,639 |
(2) Number of dwelling houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910, or the Housing consolidated Regulations | No figures available |
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | Nil |
(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 | 2,605 |
2.—Remedy of Defects Without Service of Formal Notices.
2.—Remedy of Defects Without Service of Formal Notices. | |
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers | 637 |
3.—Action under Statutory Powers.
(a) Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925— | ||
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(1) | Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs | Nil |
(2) | Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notice— | |
Nil | ||
Nil | ||
(3) | Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which closing orders became operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of intention to close | Nil |
(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts—
(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts— | |
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied Intimations | 1,113 |
Statutory | 116 |