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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Camberwell 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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Clearance Order, and to the owner of two houses and the tenant
of one of these houses in another area, on the ground that notwithstanding
the existence of sanitary defects, the properties had been
well maintained.
Record of Work carried out during the year by the Council's Housing Inspectors.
| Clearance Areas. | Individual Unfit Houses. | Underground Rooms. | Overcrowding. Part I, 1935 Act. | Inspections not defined. | Re-inspections not defined. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sec. 17, 1930 Act. | Sec. 19, 1930 Act. | ||||||||||
| Inspns. | Reinspns. | Inspns. | Reinspns. | Inspns. | Reinspns. | Inspns. | Reinspns. | Inspns. | Reinspns. | ||
| 925 | 1,463 | 303 | 2,278 | 39 | 108 | 69 | 131 | 29 | 4 | 38 | 17 |
| Miscellaneous Visits. | Notices served Sec. 17, 1930 Act. | Houses repaired Sec. 17, 1930 Act. | Houses demolished. | ||||||||
| Informal. | Formal. | Following Informal Notice. | Following Formal Notice. | Clearance Areas, 1930 Act. | Section 19, 1930 Act. | ||||||
| 173 | 249 | 101 | 64 | 36 | 77 | 3 | |||||
Individual Unfit Houses.
During the year 12 houses were dealt with under Section 19
of the Housing Act, 1930. In 6 instances the Council made Orders
requiring the demolition of the premises and in 5 cases undertakings
were accepted from the owners that the houses in question would
not be used for human habitation.
In the remaining case, the owner's offer to render the house
fit for human habitation was accepted by the Council.