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Chislehurst 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]

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64
SECTION D.
HOUSING.
(i) Routine Inspections:
Four hundred and thirty-four visits to premises were made in
connection with the Housing Acts.
(ii) Clearance Areas:
No Clearance Areas were declared during the year.
(iii) Individually Unfit Houses:
16 houses were declared to be individually unfit.
(iv) Demolition Orders:
16 demolition orders were made.

Table: (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:—

(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 December31st Dec.. 1963
19491950195119521953195419551956195719581959156019611962No. of cases found during the yearNo. of cases remedied during yearCases at end of year
No. of casesNo. of persons concerned
Aged over 10Aged under 10
Lamorbey52224343211--------
Longlands-------------1-1---
Birchwood-------------------
Frognal ...-----11211-1—-1-122
North Cray1------------------
St. Paul's Cray ...32244332122321—1———
Chislehurst Common1111—--——11————————
Mottingham171310101155452-—-------
Totals271815171912131197452212122

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(vi) Defects:
Number of houses inspected for housing defects (Public
Health and Housing Acts) 808
Number of houses found not in all respects fit 426
Number of houses made fit without service of formal
notices 432