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 Uxbridge]
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9. HOUSING.
Number of New Houses erected in 1921—
(a) Total 54
(b) As part of Municipal Housing Scheme 48
(1) Unfit Dwelling Houses.—
Inspection—
1. Total number of Dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects
(under Public Health or Housing Acts) 367
2. Number of Dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded
under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations,
1910 367
3. Number of Dwelling-houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human
habitation 5
4. Number of Dwelling houses (exclusive of those referred to
under the preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all
respects reasonably fit for human habitation 78
(2) Remedy of Defects without Service of Formal Notice.—
Number of defective Dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence
of informal action by the Local Authority or their
Officers 51
(3) Action under Statutory Powers.—
a. Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town
Planning, &c., Act, 1919.
1. Number of Dwelling-houses in respect of which Notices were
served requiting repairs 78