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 Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 48—
B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts. | |
(L) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 13,067 |
(2) Number of dwelling houses in which defects were remedied— | |
13,574 | |
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners | — |
C. Proceedings under Sections 17 and 1£ of the Housing, Town Planning, &c.. Act, 1909. | |
(1) Number of representations made with a view to the making of Closing Orders .. | 3 |
(2) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Closing Orders were made | 3 |
(3) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the dwelling houses having been rendered fit | None. |
(4) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made j | 14 |
(5) Number of dwelling houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | 19 |
3.— Unhealthy Areas. | |
Areas represented to the Local Authority with a view to Improvement Schemes under (a), Part I., or ] (6), Part II., of the Act of 1890:— | |
(1) Name of area | |
(2) Acreage | |
(3) Number of working.class houses in area | None. |
(4) Number of working.class persons to be displaced | |
4.—Number of houses not complying with the building bye.laws erected with consent of Local Authority under Section 25 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1919 | None. |
5.—Staff engaged on housing work with, briefly, the duties of each officer | No special public health staff. |