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Southwark 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Table: TABLE 43—continued.

TABLE 43—continued.

FolioPremises complained of.Date of Report of Medical Officer.Date of representation of Medical Officer of Health.Date of Council's Resolution.Action taken, notices served and Result.
100290, Waterloo road_27/11/112/1/12Notices have been served under Sec. 28 to repair these houses. They are occupied at present.
Defects.— See No. 284.
101292, Waterloo road—27/11/112/1/12
Defects.—See No. 284.
102294, Waterloo road_27/11/112/1/12
Defects.—See No. 284.
10359, Dodson street_27/11/112/1/12 ,By a resolution of the Council passed on 25th June, 1920, Closing Orders were served under Sec. 17 (2). At Nos. 59 and 60 the tenants are leaving shortly. Nos. 61 and 62 are cloged.
Defects.—The house structure is worn out, there is no damp course in the walls and the walls are damp, the woodwork of the house, such as the floors, windows, doors, partitions and stairs, is old, worn out and dilapidated. The internal arrangement of the rooms of the house is bad, and the staircase is narrow, the closet accommodation is bad. the roof is defective, the back yard is small and the through ventilation of the house is bad.
10460, Dodson street—27/11/112/1/12
Defects,—See No. 59.
10561, Dodson street_27/11/112/1/12
Defects.—See No. 59.
10662, Dodson street—27/11/112/1/12 ,
Defects.—See No. 59.
10845, Webber row27/11/112/1/12Demolished.
Defects.—See No. 59, Dodson Street.
10947, Webber row—27/11/112/1/12
Defects.—The house structure is worn out. there is no damp course in the walls and the walls are damp, the woodwork of the house, such aB the floors, windows, doors, partitions and stairs, is old, worn out and dilapidated. The internal arrangement of the rooms of the house is bad, and the staircase is narrow, the closet accommodation is bad, the roof is defective, the back yard is small and the through ventilation of the housa is bad.
14313, Sutherland place3/2/13—26/2/13By a resolution of the Council passed on 30th January. 1920, Closing Orders were served under Sec. 17 (2). These premises are now closed.
Works necessary to be done.—Repair the roofs so as to make them wind and watertight, provide new eaves, gutters an I ram water pipes, make good the cracked and defective walls, repoint the brickwork, pr ivide new stone sills to the windows, provide a damp proof course in the walls, repair the defective floors, window frames and sashes, doors and frames, provide proper fastenings to the doors, repair stoves and firegrates, strip and cleanse the dirty walls and ceilings, repair defective plister. repave tlie yard in front of the house with hard and impervious miteri il. screen off the water closets from the house, repair and cleanse the water closets, amend defective drains.
14414. Sutherland place3/2/13—26/2/13
Works necessary to be done.—See No. 1-13.
14515, Sutherland place3/2/13—26/2/13
Works necessary to be done.—See N". 113.