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Chislehurst 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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36
SECTION D.
HOUSING.
Housing.
(i) Routine Inspections :
Sixty-nine visits were made to premises in connection with the
Housing Act, 1936.
(ii) Clearance Areas:
No clearance areas were declared during the year under review.
(iii) Individually Unfit Houses:
No individually unfit houses were declared during the year.
(iv) Demolition Orders:
No orders were made.
(v) Overcrowding:
The position so far as is known with regard to statutory overcrowding, as defined in the Housing Act, 1936, is shown in the following table : —
| Number of cases—31st December | 31st Dec., 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | No. of cases found during the year | No. of cases remedied during year | Cases at end of year | ||
| No. of cases | No. of persons concerned | ||||||||||||||||||
| Aged over 10 | Aged under 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lamorbey | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | 20 | 8 |
| Longlands | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Birchwood | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Frognal | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| North Cray | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| St. Paul's Cray | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 7 |
| Chislehurst Common | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Mottingham | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 77 | 11 |
| Totals | 10 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 30 | 24 | 42 | 43 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 128 | 26 |
(vi) Defects :
Number of houses inspected for housing defects (Public
Health and Housing Acts) 1,163
Number of houses found not in all respects fit 628
Number of houses made fit without service of formal
notices 568