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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

Lewisham 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Table: Closing Orders in respect of part of houseTable 29

Closing Orders in respect of part of house

Table 29

PropertiesPart of housePresent position
32 Panmure RoadTwo rooms and kitchen in basementOrder made
23a Devonshire RoadTwo rooms in basementRepresented
52a Horniman DriveThree rooms, kitchen and bathroom in semibasementNotices served
7 Peak Hill AvenueFront room, back room, hall, scullery and WC basementWorks completed. Order determined.
85 Perry ValeSemi-basement roomsOrder made

Table: Table 30HOUSES IN CLEARANCE AREAS AND UNFIT HOUSES ELSEWHERE

Table 30

HOUSES IN CLEARANCE AREAS AND UNFIT HOUSES ELSEWHERE

A —HOUSES DEMOLISHED Clearance areas (Housing Act, 1957)HousesDisplaced
PersonsFamilies
Houses unfit for human habitation9——
Houses included by reason of bad arrangement4——
Houses or land acquired under s. 432——
Not in clearance areas Formal or informal procedure under s.17 (1)10154
Local authority houses certified unfit by medical officer of health———
B —UNFIT HOUSES CLOSED (Housing Act, 1957)
ss 16,17 and 35—11
ss 17(3) and 26———
Parts of buildings closed under s.18272

Table: C—UNFIT HOUSES MADE FIT AND HOUSES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE REMEDIED

C—UNFIT HOUSES MADE FIT AND HOUSES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE REMEDIED

By ownerBy Local Authority
After informal action by local authority2—
After formal notice under Public Health Acts——
After formal notice under Housing Act, 19573—
Under s.24 Housing Act, 1957——