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Wandsworth 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Number of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness | 9,016 |
| Re-inspections | 26,059 |
| Number of statutory notices served: Intimation notices | 2,651 |
| Nuisance notices | 672 |
| Number of houses in which nuisances were abated | 2,643 |
| The number of cases referred to the Solicitor for legal action during 1954 was | 132 |
| The following is a summary of Police Court proceedings: Number of summonses served | 33 |
| „ „ „ withdrawn | 18 |
| adjourned | 3 |
| „ „ Orders made for abatement of nuisances | 12 |
| Costs Awarded in respect of six cases £18. | 18s. Od |
HOUSING ACT, 1936
| Number of houses inspected—house to house (Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925) | Nil |
| Repair of Houses | |
| Number of notices served under Section 9 of the Housing Act 1936 | Nil |
| Number of houses made fit for habitation: (a) by owners | Nil |
| (b) by Local Authority in default of owners | Nil |
| Demolition Orders | |
| Number of orders made under Section II of the Housing Act 1936 | Nil |
| Number of houses demolished: (a) as the result of such orders | Nil |
| (b) voluntarily | Nil |
| Closing Orders (other than underground rooms) | |
| Number of houses closed (Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953) | Nil |
| Number of such orders determined | Nil |
| Number of rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made under Section 12 of the Housing Act 1936 | Nil |
| Number of such orders determined | Nil |