Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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SECTION D.
HOUSING.
(i) Routine Inspections:
Three hundred and eighty-one visits to premises were made in connection
with the Housing Acts.
(ii) Clearance Areas:
One Clearance Area, comprising twelve houses, was declared
during the year.
(iii) Individually Unfit Houses:
One house was closed as a result of a Closing Order.
(iv) Demolition Orders:
No Demolition Orders were made.
(v) Overcrowding:
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:—
Number of cases—31st December | 31st Dec., 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Area | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 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 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Longlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Birchwood | - | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Frognal | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
North Cray | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
St. Paul's Cray | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 3 |
Chislehurst Common | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Mottingham | 5 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | |
Totals | 21 | 30 | 24 | 42 | 43 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 14 |
(vi) Defects:
Number of houses inspected for housing defects (Public
Health and Housing Acts) 1,453
Number of houses found not in all respects fit 568
Number of houses made fit without service of formal
notices 571