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 Southall]
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Table XIV
Statistics. HOUSING
1. | Inspection of dwelling-houses during the year:- (1) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 1,851 |
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose | 5,788 | |
(2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (1) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 | - | |
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose | - | |
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | - | |
(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 | 838 | |
2 | Remedy of defects during the year without service of formal notices:- Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the local authority or their officers | 601 |
3. | Action under statutory powers during the year:- | |
(a) Proceedings under Sections 9, 10 and 10 of the Housing Act, 1930:- (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs | - | |
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices:- | ||
(a) By owners | - | |
(b) By local authority in default of owners | - | |
(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts:- | ||
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 204 | |
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices:- | ||
(a) By owners | 153 | |
(b) By local authority in default of owners | - | |
(c) Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1930:- | ||
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made | - | |
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | - | |
(d) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936:- | ||
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made | - | |
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement room having been rendered fit | - | |
4. | Housing Act, 1930 - Overcrowding:- | |
(a) (1) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year | 91 | |
(2) Number of families dwelling therein | 134 | |
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein | 559 | |
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during The year | 50 | |
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year | 70 | |
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases | 298 | |
(d) Particulars of any case in which dwelling-houses have again become overcrowded after The local authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding | 1 |