Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Applications for certificates of disrepair | 140 |
Certificates issued | 84 |
Applications for certificates withdrawn or certificates not granted | 50 |
Applications outstanding at end of year | 6 |
Certificates issued in 1955 in respect of applications received during 1954 | 27 |
Applications for revocation of certificates previously issued | 87 |
Applications granted | 79 |
Applications outstanding at end of year | 8 |
Applications for revocation of certificates previously issued, received during 1954 and issued during 1955 | 6 |
for standards under ss. 11 ana 12 see appendix D.
The following is a tabulated statement of various statistics extracted from a return to the London County Council covering the year 1955:—
Item | Total |
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No. of new dwellings completed by the Borough Council | 464 |
No. of new dwellings completed by other persons | 137 |
Total houses in the borough (separately assessed dwellings) at 1 April, 1955 | 61,878 |
No. of dwelling-houses inspected on complaint | 1,585 |
No. of dwelling-houses inspected house-to-house | 3,403 |
No. of dwelling-houses inspected for any other reason | 2,102 |
No. of dwelling-houses repaired, as a result of action under the Public Health and Housing Acts | 1,029 |
Houses demolished as a result of formal or informal procedure under s.1l | — |
Houses closed in pursuance of an undertaking given under s.11, and still in force | 2 |
Parts of buildings closed by closing orders (s. 12):— | |
Underground rooms | — |
Other rooms | 38 |
Closing orders made under s.10(l) | 5 |