Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1919 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| Number of Closing orders determined | - | ||||
| „ of demolition orders | 2 | ||||
| „ of houses demolished— | |||||
| — | |||||
| (b) voluntarily | — | ||||
| „ buildings demolished | — | ||||
| „ of houses dealt with under section 15 of the Housing Act, 1909 | — | ||||
| Number of representations under section 38, Housing Act, 1890 | — | ||||
| „ representations still under consideration | — | ||||
| Number of orders for repairs issued under section 28, Housing Act, 1919 | — | ||||
| „ of houses repaired by Borough Council | — | ||||
| „ of houses closed on notice by owner that they could not be made fit | — | ||||
| Total number of houses in the Borough | 12099 | ||||
| Number of houses occupied by the Working Classes— | |||||
| Tenement houses | 830 | ||||
| Rooms over shops, stables, &c. | 80 | ||||
| Other small assessments (less than £20 a year) | 923 | 1833 | |||
| Number of houses for the Working Classes— | |||||
| (a) erected during 1919 | — | ||||
| (b) in course of erection | — | ||||
| Closing orders confirmed | 3 | ||||
| Work in hand at end of year at premises under closing orders | 3 | ||||
| No. on Register. | No. of Inspections. | No. of Notices. | No. of Prosecutions. | ||
| 405 | 707 | 112 | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| Number illegally occupied | 35 | ||||
| „ closed or illegal occupation discontinued | 35 | ||||
| „ of prosecutions | — | ||||