London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Crayford 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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| Number of inspections made for that purpose | – |
| (3) Number of dwellinghouses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 14 |
| (4) Number of dwellinghouses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 277 |
| (2) Remedy of defects during the year without service of formal notice | |
| Number of defective dwellinghouses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by Local Authority or their Officers. | 48 |
| Statutory notices under Housing or Public Health Acts | – |
| Number of houses in which defects were remedied after serving of formal notices - | |
| (a) by owners | – |
| (b) by local authority in default of owners | – |
| Proceedings under Housing Act, 1957 - | |
| (a) Demolition orders made under Section 17 | 14 |
| (b) Houses demolished - | |
| (i) as a result of formal or informal procedure under Section 17(1) | 1 |
| (ii) temporary bungalows (prefabs.) | 9 |
| (c) Unfit houses closed under Sections 16(4) and 35(1) | 4 |
| Whilst it is known from the particulars supplied by housing applicants that overcrowding does exist, it is impossible to state the extent of such overcrowding | |
| Total number of houses owned by local authority | 3,267 |
| Number of houses built during the year - | |
| (a) by the local authority | 76 |
| (b) by other bodies or persons | 370 |