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No. of
notices
served
(а) Under F.H.. Act:
(i) Intimation 5,158 No. of Closing Orders made Nil.
(ii) Statutory 1,780
(б) Under Housing No. of Closing Orders deter
Act Nil. mined (i.e., houses made fit) Nil.
No. of houses repaired or
nuisances remedied under
P.H. Act, 1891 4,406
No. of Demolition Orders .. Nil.
No. of house!
repaired undei
Sec. 3 of
Housing Act
1925
i) By owners Nil.
i) By L.A. in
default of
owners Nil.
No. of
houses
demolished
(а) in pursuance
of Orders Nil.
(б) Voluntarily Nil.
(c) By L.C.C. 10
*10 areas reported to the Borough Council during the year, but formal represen.
tations were not submitted. Representation of the first of the 10 areas was
submitted in 1931.
Underground Rooms. Overcrowding.
No. illegally occupied . 2 No. of cases of overcrowding
fonnd95
No. closed or illegal occupation No. remedied 28*
discontinued 1 No. of prosecutions Nil.
•Includes 10 cases reported in 1929.
Houses Let in Lodgings.
No. on register 114
No. of inspections made 1181
No. of prosecutions Nil.
PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HEALTH.
The scheme of health education was continued, the Council approving
an estimated expenditure of £200 for this branch of our work. Offers
of lectures were made to various social, political and educational
organisations in the Borough, and three lecturers (2 medical and 1 lay)
were available.
A woman doctor addressed meetings of women on subjects of peculiar
interest to women and girls, but lecturers were also available to speak
on other matters.
There have been some modifications of, and additions to, the syllabus
of lectures shown in the Annual Report for 1929.
The following report was submitted by Mr. T. Wigley, M.A., with
whose assistance the original scheme had been prepared:—
REPORT BY Mr. T. WIGLEY, M.A. (Cantab).
Books, newspapers, advertisements and conversation to-day indicate
a widespread interest in health and disease, and if the latter receives more
attention than the former, it is because health and its conditions are not