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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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HOUSING STATISTICS RELATING TO HOUSES
Public Health (London) Act, 1936
| Number of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness | 7,349 |
| Re-inspections | 15,908 |
| Number of statutory notices served : Intimation notices | 1,407 |
| Nuisance notices | 371 |
| Number of houses in which nuisances were abated | 1,408 |
| The number of cases referred to the Solicitor for legal action during 1963 was | 74 |
| The following is a summary of Police Court Proceedings: | |
| Number of summonses served | 31 |
| „ „ „ withdrawn | 17 |
| „ „ „ adjourned | 5 |
| „ „ Orders made for abatement of nuisances | 9 |
| Housing Acts, 1936 and 1957 | |
| Clearance of Unfit Houses: | |
| Number of houses included in representations under Section 157 of the Housing Act, 1957 | 6 |
| Number of houses included in declared Clearance Areas under Section 42 of the Housing Act, 1957 | 63 |
| Number of houses demolished following action under Section 42 of the Housing Act, 1957 | 14 |
| Number of houses demolished following action under Section 43(2) of the Housing Act, 1957 | Nil |
| Demolition Orders: Number of Demolition Orders made under Section 17(1) of the Housing Act, 1957 | Nil |
| Number of houses demolished as a result of formal or | |
| informal procedure under Section 17(1) of the Hous | |
| ing Act, 1957 | Nil |
| Closing Orders: Number of Closing Orders made on houses under Section 17(1) of the Housing Act, 1957 | 3 |
| Number of houses closed in pursuance of an undertaking given by the owner under Section 16(4) of the Housing Act, 1957 | Nil |
| Number of Closing Orders made on parts of buildings under Section 18 of the Housing Act, 1957 | 7 |
| Number of undertakings given by owners to close parts of buildings under Section 16(4) of the Housing Act, 1957 | 1 |
| Number of Closing Orders determined under Section 27 of the Housing Act, 1957 | 9 |