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 Woolwich]
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SECTION VII.—HOUSING.
In accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of
Health, the following tabular statement is shown:—
TABLE No. 41.
Number of new houses erected during the year:—
749 | |
(i) By the Local Authority | 443 |
(ii) By other bodies or persons | 20 |
1.—Inspection of Dwelling Houses during the Year. | |
(1) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 6,710 |
(2) Number of dwelling houses (included under subhead (1) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing (Consolidated) Regulations, 1925 | 3,820 |
(3) Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 14 |
(4) Number of dwelling houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 1,494 |