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Holborn 1925
Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health
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III.—ACTION UNDER STATUTORY TOWERS.
| A. Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919:— (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs | nil |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit— (a) by owners | nil |
| (b) by Local Authority in default of owners | nil |
| (3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders became operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of intention to close | nil |
| B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts:— (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 606 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied:— (a) by owners | 600 |
| (b) by Local Authority in default of owners | nil |
| C. Proceedings under Sections 17 and 18 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919:— (!) Number of representations made with a view to the making of Closing Orders | nil |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders were made | nil |
| (3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the dwelling-houses having been rendered fit | nil |
| (4) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made | nil |
| (5) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | nil |
3.—UNHEALTHY AREAS. Areas represented to the Local Authority with a view to Improvement Schemes under (a) Part I., or (b) Part II., of the Act of 1890:—
| (1) Name of area | nil |
| (2) Acreage | nil |
| (3) Number of working-class houses in area | nil |
| (4) Number of working-class persons to be displaced | nil |
| 4. Number of houses not complying with the building By-laws erected with consent of Local Authority under Section 25 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc , Act, 1919 | nil |