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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

Islington 1924

Sixty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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1924]
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Table: 1. Unfit dwelling-houses.

1. Unfit dwelling-houses.

Inspection—
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts)6,489
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 .3,779
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitationNil
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceeding sub-heading) fonnd not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation1,698

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2. 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 Not recorded

Table: 3. Action under Statutory Powers.

3. Action under Statutory Powers.

(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 repairsNil*
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices—
(a) By ownersNil*
(b) By local authority in default of ownersNil*
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders became operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of intention to closeNil*
(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied4,808
(a) By owners3,664
(b) By local authority in default of ownersNil

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*—2,291 houses (under £40 per annum rental) were however inspected under the
Public Health Acts, and 1,740 notices were served upon the Owners of these houses,
which were subsequently rendered fit for human habitation,