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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

Chislehurst 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]

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50
SECTION D.
HOUSING.
(i) Routine Inspections:
Seven hundred and thirty-eight visits to premises were made in connection
with the Housing Acts.
(ii) Clearance Areas:
Two Clearance Areas, comprising eight houses, were declared
during the year.
(iii) Individually Unfit Houses:
Six houses were closed after agreement with the owners concerned,
or as a result of a Closing Order.
(iv) Demolition Orders:
Three further individually unfit houses were made the subject of
Demolition Orders.
(v) Overcrowding:

Table: The position at the 31st December, with regard to statutory overcrowding, as defined in the Housing Act, 1936, is as shown in the following table:—

The position at the 31st December, with regard to statutory overcrowding, as defined in the Housing Act, 1936, is as shown in the following table:—

Area19431944194519461947194819491950195119521953195419551956No. of cases found during the yearNo. of cases remedied during yearCases at end of vear
No. of casesNo. of persons concerned
Aged over 10| Aged under 10
Lamorbey796711952224343-12133
Longlands-111---------------
Birchwood1--11--------------
Frognal1--111-----112-1124
North Cray1111311-----------
St. Paul's Cray4564533224433223165
Chislehurst Common--13631111----11---
Mottingham45156152617131010115541-5432
Totals18213024424327181517191213114696414

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(vi) Defects:
Number of houses inspected for housing defects (Public
Health and Housing Acts) 1,589
Number of houses found not in all respects fit 568
Number of houses made fit without service of formal
notices 541