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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
Croydon 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Mr. White's District. | Mr. Powell's District. | Total | |
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Besides the above, and resulting from house-to-house inspections
made by the Medical Officer of Health with the Inspectors of
Nuisances, ten houses were certified to be unfit for human
habitation under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890.
A cottage in Woodmansterne was,in consequence, thoroughly
repaired, four dwellings in Sanderstead are being replaced by new
buildings, and as soon as the latter are completed, the former
will be demolished; two dwellings in Beddington were closed
voluntarily by the owner; and as to three dwellings in Addington,
the necessary notices in regard to them had not expired when
the year closed.
There were also three houses at Purley dealt with under the
Public Health Act, which were closed by the owner, and have
since been demolished.
Application was made for " closing orders " in regard to the
three houses in Mitcham (Piccadilly), referred to in the last