Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1896
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The following Table gives a summary of the action taken under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, in the last four years.
| Total number of Houses represented by the Medical Officer of Health as unfit for habitation | Number of Houses closed, demolished or improved without Magisterial intervention | Number of Houses for which Closing Orders were granted | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Closed | Demolished | Improved | Total | Subsequently demolished | Subsequently improved and re-opened | Still closed | Total | ||
| 195 | 10 | 10 | 92 | 112 | 11 | 64 | 8 | 83 | |