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Dagenham 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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HOUSING STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1928.
The following is the table required by the Ministry of Health:—
| Number of houses erected during 1928— | |
| (a) Total [including (b)] | 4,165 |
| b) "With State assistance under the Housing Acts | |
| (1) By the Local Authority | |
| (2) By other bodies or persons | 4,125 |
| (1) Total number of houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts | 1,202 |
| (2) Numbers of houses which were inspected and recorded under Housing (Consolidated) Regulations 1925 | 270 |
| (3) Number of houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 1 |
| 4) Number of houses (exclusive of 3) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 243 |
| Number of defective houses rendered fit in consequence of informan action by the Local Authority or their officers | 15 |
| A. Proceedings under S. 3. Housing Act, 1925— | |
| (1) Number of houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs | 228 |
| (2) Number of houses which were rendered fit (a) By owners | 218 |
| (b) By Local Authority in default of owners | 0 |
| (3) Number of houses in respect of which Closing Orders became operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of intention to close | 1 |
| B. Proceedings under Public Health Act. | |
| (1) Number of houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 126 |