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 Westminster, City of]
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The following table, required by the Ministry of Health, is set forth in detail:—
Table I. | |
Number of new houses erected during the year:— | Tenements. |
(a) Total | 0 |
(i) By the Local Authority | 0 |
(ii) By other bodies or persons | 0 |
Inspection—(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 3,805 |
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 | 819 |
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 0 |
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 953 |
2. Remedy of defects without Service of formal Notices. | |
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their Officers | 53 |
3. Action under Statutory Powers. | |
A.—Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925. | |
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs | 0 |
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices:— | |
(a) By owners | 0 |
(6) By Local Authority in default of owners | 0 |
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders became operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of intention to close | 0 |