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Hammersmith 1922

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1922

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2. —Unfit Dwelling-houses.
I. — Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected
for Housing defects (under Public Health
or Housing Acts) 9,322
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were
inspected and recorded under the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 406
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in
a state so dangerous or injurious to health
as to be unfit for human habitation 8
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of
those referred to under the preceding subheading)
found not to be in all respects
reasonably fit for human habitation 3,605
II.—Remedy of defects without service of formal notices.
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered
fit in consequence of informal action by the
Local Authority or their officers Nil
III. — Action under Statutory Powers.
(A) Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing,
Town Planning, &c., Act, 1919 —
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which notices were served requiring repairs 38
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were
rendered fit—
(a) By owners 36
(b) By Local Authority in default of
owners 21