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Acton 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Sanitary Inspection of the Area.
The following Table includes the tabular statement furnished
by the Chief Sanitary Inspector under Article 27 (18) of the
Sanitary Officers (Outside London) Regulations, 1935.
| Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 3,001 |
| (1) Dealt with by service of Informal Notice | 1,670 |
| (2) Dealt with by service of Statutory Notice under Section 9, Housing Act, 1936 | 314 |
| (3) Dealt with by service of Statutory Notice under Public Health Acts | 91 |
| (4) No defects found | 111 |
| Premises (other than defective dwelling—houses) inspected for nuisances and miscellaneous defects | 1,890 |
| (1) Dealt with by service of Informal Notice | 189 |
| (2) Dealt with by service of Statutory Notice under Public Health Act, etc. | 1 |
| Re—inspections subsequent to service of Notice | 10,359 |
| Inspections after notification of Infectious Disease | 161 |
| Premises inspected under Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919, and Infestation Order, 1943 | 644 |
Details of work carried out:
The following details of work carried out indicates the need for
extensive repairs to dwelling houses. The prevalence of dry rot in
house timbers—largely a legacy of wartime conditions—occasioned
much time and labour for the Sanitary Inspectors in securing the
information necessary for the granting of certificates of essentiality
and building licences, in addition to the general estimating of the
cost of works in every case where service of notice upon the owner
was necessary. In this connection, four of the Sanitary Inspectors