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Battersea 1923

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1923

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Table: 2. Unfit Dwelling-Houses.

2. Unfit Dwelling-Houses.

(a) Inspection—
(a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts)6,413
(b) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910...3,834
(c) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitationNil
(id) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under the previous heading) not found to be in all respects reasonably fit for habitation3,565
(B) Remedy of defects without service of formal notice—
Number of dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the local authority or their officers158
(c) Action under Statutory Powers—
(I.) Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town Planping, etc., Act, 1919•
(a) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs661
(b) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit—
(i.) By owners ...... ......80
(ii.) Bv Local Authority in default of owners ...34
(c) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders became operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of intention to close ...Nil
(II.) Proceedings under Public Health Acts
(a) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied ............3,371
(b) Number of houses in which defects were remedied —
(i.) By owners ............3,144
(ii.) By Local Authority in default of owners ...Nil

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* In addition, in view of the " Rush " decision or for other reasons, 51
notices were re-served and are not included in above number.