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 Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1935.
TABLE XXXV.
Wards. | No. of houses inspected. | No. of houses in which defects were found. | Number of Families Living in:— | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One room. | Two rooms. | Three rooms. | Four rooms and upwards | |||
Clapham North | 125 | 118 | 8 | 39 | 28 | 104 |
Clapham South | 77 | 48 | 1 | 1 | — | 76 |
Putney | 289 | 173 | 9 | 19 | 253 | 151 |
Balham | 59 | 57 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 42 |
Streatham | 65 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 55 |
Tooting | 413 | 404 | 11 | 59 | 210 | 268 |
Southfield | 130 | 109 | 9 | 18 | 79 | 81 |
Fairfield | 172 | 142 | 22 | 48 | 128 | 76 |
Springfield | 470 | 390 | 21 | 49 | 156 | 290 |
Whole Borough | 1800 | 1479 | 91 | 249 | 904 | 1143 |
Underground Rooms.
There are eight underground rooms in the Borough illegally
occupied.
A Closing Order has been made in respect of one of them and,
in the other seven cases, action is being taken to make the rooms
comply with the Regulations.
Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Act, 1923.
During the year 68 applications were received from occupiers
that their houses were not in a reasonable state of repair. In
three of these cases, the application was found not to be justified
and no certificate was granted. In one case the application
was withdrawn, in seven cases the necessary work was carried
out before the granting of Certificates could be authorized and in
two cases the work was completed after the service of a public
health notice. In the remaining 55 cases, the applications were
acceded to, and Statutory Certificates were granted. In 21 of
the houses concerned, the necessary work to put them in a reasonable
state of repair was carried out during the year.