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Southwark 1922

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

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TABLE 47—continued.

Date of representation of Medical Officer of Health.Premises represented.Date of Council's Resolution. Action taken, notices served and Result.
23/1/2226. Alfreton street—June 19th, 1922. Notice served under Sec. 28. Work done. Premises now fit for human habitation.
Defects.—The house is generally dilapidated. The walls and ceilings of most of the rooms are dirty and defective. The roof, gutters, yard paving and draw tap are defective.
23/1/2274, Westminster Bridge Road—Oct. 25th, 1922, the Council recommended that Sec. 17 be served prohibiting the use of the said dwelling house for human habitation until the same was rendered fit for the purpose.
Defects.—The premises are generally dilapidated and the internal structure is defective and badly designed. There is also insufficient water closet accommodation.
22/5/222. 4, 6. 8. 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34. 36. Barbel street-July 17th, 1922, the Council recommended that notices be served under Sec. 28.
Defects—The houses are dirty, verminous and dilapidated.