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Bethnal Green 1919

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1919

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No. 12. Martha Court Area.—¼acre, 22 houses, population
132. Houses old and damp, some back-toback.
No. 13. Manchester Buildings Area.—¼acre, 18
houses, population 108. Houses damp and congested.
STATISTICS FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS
ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1919.
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which
complaints were made that they are unfit
for human habitation:
(a) By householders nil
(2) Action under Section 17 of the Housing Act
of 1909:—
(a) Number of dwelling houses inspected
under and for the purpose of the section 32
(b) Number of dwelling houses which were
considered to be unfit for human
habitation nil
(c) Number of dwelling houses the defects
in which were remedied without the
making of closing orders nil
(3) Action under Section 28 of the Housing Act,
1919:-
(a) Number of Orders for repairs issued nil
(b) Number of cases in which repairs carried
out by the local Authority nil