Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1921
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(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 officers 957
(c) Action under Statutory Powers—
(I.) Proceedings under Section 28 of the
Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act,
(a) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which notices were served requiring
repairs 241
(b) Number of dwelling-houses which were
rendered fit—
(i.) By owners 187
(ii.) By Local Authority in default
of owners Nil
(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 3,703
(b) Number of houses in which defects were
remedied—
(i.) By owners 3,671
(ii.) By Local Authority in default
of owners Nil
(III.) Proceedings under Section 17 and 18 of
the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act,
1909—
(a) Number of representations made with a
view to the making of Closing Orders 1
(b) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which Closing Orders were made 1
(c) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which Closing Orders were determined,
the dwelling houses having been
rendered fit 4
(d) Number of houses in respect of which
Demolition Orders were made Nil
(e) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in
pursuance of Demolition Orders Nil