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Hackney 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 4,566 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices— | |
| 1,175 | |
| (b) by Local Authority in default of owners | — |
| C.— Proceedings under Sections 19 and 21 of the Housing Act, 1930:— | |
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made | 8 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | 8 |
| D.— Proceedings under Section 20 of the Housing Act, 1930:— | |
| (1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made | 11 |
| (2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit ... | — |
| E.— Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925 | None |
| F.— Proceedings under Sections 11, 14 and 15 of the Housing Act, 1925 | None |
SMALL DWELLINGS ACQUISITION ACTS, 1899-1923.
The total cases where advances have been made by the Borough Council to
31st December, 1933, amount to 462, of which 54 were granted during the year.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
The number of workshops registered in Hackney at the end
of 1933 was 515, a decrease of 40 on the number registered at the
end of 1932. Of this total, 267 were workshops in which females
were employed.
The factories in the Borough number 831, and are inspected
and regulated by H.M. Inspectors under the Home Office. The
duty of ensuring the provision of suitable and sufficient sanitary
conveniences in factories, however, rests upon the Sanitary
Inspectors of the Borough Council.
The chief staple industries are the manufacture of boots, shoes,
cabinets and pianos, but there are also extensive productions of the
following:—