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Chigwell 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]

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(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices
were served requiring defects to be remedied Nil
(2) Number of Dwelling-houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal notices:—
(a) by Owners Nil
(b) by Local Authority in default of Owners Nil
(c) Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing
Act, 1936.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
Demolition Orders were made Nil
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance
of Demolition Orders Nil
(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 Nil
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms
in respect of which Closing Orders were determined,
the tenement or room having been rendered fit Nil
Housing Act, 1936—Part IV—Overcrowding.
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of
the year See (e)
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein See (e)
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein See (e)
(b) Number of cases of overcrowding reported during
the year See (e)
(c) (2) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during
the year See (e)
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling-houses have
again become overcrowded after the Local Authority
have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding See (e)
(e) Any other particulars with respect to overcrowding conditions
upon which the Medical Officer of Health may consider it desirable
to report:—
Since September, 1940, considerable number of evacuees from
bombed areas have been received into the district and it would not be
possible without complete re-survey of the district to give particulars under
the above headings.