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Willesden 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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1953
Licences to permit temporary overcrowding in excess of the permitted number, Section 61,
Housing Act, 1936: licences issued 4 (3)*
The Housing Department have supplied the following details of overcrowding in the area which
have been based mainly on the statements of applicants for new houses :—
(a) Dwellings overcrowded at end of year 1745
(b) Overcrowding reported during the year 142
(c) (i) Overcrowding relieved during the year 75
(ii) Persons app. 268
(d) Dwelling houses which have again become overcrowding after the local authority have taken
steps for the abatement of overcrowding No information
(e) (i) Council houses found to be overcrowded at end of year 75
(ii) Families 111
(iii) Persons 663
(f) Overcrowding in Council houses relieved during the year 15
New Dwellings , 1953
| Houses | Flats | Rebuilds | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwellings built by private builders (excluding those built by the police authorities) | 27 | - | 1 house 5 flats |
| Built by local authority | Nil | 64 | Nil |
| Applicants on Council's waiting list at 31·12·53 9,856 | |||
| *(1952 in brackets) |
Housing Defects
| 1953 | 1952 | |
|---|---|---|
| Premises inspected on complaint | 3678 | 4310 |
| In connection with infectious diseases | 4 | 5 |
| House-to-house (Housing Act, 1936, Section 5) | 64 | 139 |
| Others | 314 | 150 |
| Under special survey (see page 21) | 429 | 602 |
| Total No. of premises | 4489 | 5206 |
| No. of inspections (inclusive of Housing Survey) | 26,290 | 27,695 |
Notices Served under Public Health and Housing Acts , 1936
| Inclusive of Housine Survey | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 1952 | |
| Intimation notices served | 1926 | 2141 |
| Intimation notices complied with | 2012 | 2222 |
| Statutory notices served (Public Health Act, 1936) | 967 | 1024 |
| Statutory notices complied with (Public Health Act, 1936) | 1050 | 1200 |
| Statutory notices served (Housing Act, 1936) | 394 | 456 |
| Statutory notices complied with (Housing Act, 1936) | 535 | 202 |
| Non-compliance with statutory notices referred to Town Clerk (Public Health Act, 1936, S.93) | †123 | †160 |
| Referred to the Borough Engineer for work to be carried out in default of owners | 131* | 122 |
| *75 by Borough Engineer, 56 by owners. | ||
fDetails of cases referred to the Town Clerk during year.
Work carried out 101 115
Work in hand — 8
Court orders obtained 9 11
Summonses issued — 2
Summonses withdrawn—notices complied with 12 23
(1) (-)
Work done by agreement—Public Health Act, 1936, Section 275 — 1
Total 123 160
(The figures in brackets are the notices withdrawn and re-served).
Certificates of Disrepair under the Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts, 1920-39
1953 1952
Applications received from tenants 21 37
Granted 16 28
Refused 4 9
Withdrawn 1 —