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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 1959
[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 | 8,006 |
| Re-inspections | 13,578 |
| Number of statutory notices served: | |
| Intimation notices | 1,292 |
| Nuisance notices | 370 |
| Number of houses in which nuisances were abated | 1,306 |
| The number of cases referred to the Solicitor for legal action during 1959 was | 121 |
| The following is a summary of Police Court proceedings: | |
| Number of summonses served | 47 |
| „ „ „ withdrawn | 18 |
| „ „ „ adjourned | 10 |
| „ „ „ dismissed | 1 |
| „ „ Orders made for abatement of nuisances | 18 |
| Housing Acts, 1936 and 1957 | |
| Demolition Orders | |
| (a) Demolition Orders made under Section 17 (1) of the Housing Act, 1957 | 1 |
| (b) Houses demolished as the result of formal or informal procedure | Nil |
| (c) Houses closed in pursuance of an undertaking given by the owner and still in force | Nil |
| Closing Orders | |
| (a) Closing Orders made under Sections 16 (4), 17 (1) and 35 (1) Housing Act, 1957 | 5 |
| (b) Closing Orders made on parts of buildings under Section 18, Housing Act, 1957 | 11 |
| (c) Closing Orders determined | 2 |
| (d) Undertakings not to use parts of buildings for human habitation accepted | Nil |
| Slum Clearance | |
| Number of houses included in representations under Section 157 of the Housing Act, 1957 | 24 |
| Number of houses demolished following action under Section 25 of the Housing Act, 1936 | 50 |