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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
Hampstead 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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OVERCROWDING
| Dwellings | Families | Adults | Children | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register 31.12.58 | 178 | 178 | 461 | 264 |
| New cases 1959 | 39 | 39 | 90 | 75 |
| 217 | 217 | 551 | 339 | |
| Rehoused 1959 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 8 |
| On register 31.12.59 | 212 | 212 | 538 | 331 |
CERTIFICATES OF DISREPAIR
| Applications for certificates | 11 | |
| Applications withdrawn or cancelled | NIL | |
| Certificates refused | NIL | |
| Authority to issue certificates - | ||
| (a) in respect of some hut not all defects | 5 | |
| (b) in respect of all defects | 6 | 11 |
| Undertakings given by landlords | 5 | |
| Undertakings refused | NIL | |
| Certificates issued | 6 | |
| Applications for cancellation of certificates | 7 | |
| Objections by tenants to cancellation of certificates | 2 | |
| Decisions to cancel in spite of tenants objection | 2 | |
| Certificates cancelled | 7 | |
HOUSING ACT, 1957. SECTION 9
Repair of Insanitary Houses
Primary Inspections were made of 43 premises by the Public
Health. Inspectors under this section.
REHOUSING
Visits and revisits in connection with the
investigation of 315 rehousing applicants 81)0
No. of reports submitted to Hampstead Housing Manager 300
No. of reports submitted to Other Boroughs 15