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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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HOUSING STATISTICS RELATING TO HOUSING Public Health (London) Act, 1936
| Number of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness | 10,133 |
| Re-inspections | 21,899 |
| Number of statutory notices served: | |
| Intimation notices | 2,078 |
| Nuisance notices | 547 |
| Number of houses in which nuisances were abated | 2,246 |
| The number of cases referred to the Solicitor for legal action during 1956 was | 144 |
| The following is a summary of Police Court proceedings: Number of summonses served | 62 |
| „ „ „ withdrawn | 19 |
| „ „ „ adjourned | 11 |
| „ „ Orders made for abatement of nuisances | 32 |
| Costs awarded in respect of two cases | £5. 5s. Od. |
HOUSING ACT, 1936
| Number of houses inspected—house to house (Housin 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 | 1 |
| Number of houses demolished: | |
| (a) as the result of such orders | Nil |
| (b) voluntarily | Nil |