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Chelsea 1928
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1928
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| B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts. | |
| (1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 753 |
| (2) Number of dwelling houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices— | |
| (a.) by owners | 166 |
| (b.) by Local Authority in default of owners | 0 |
| C. Proceedings under sections 11,14 and 15 of the Housing Act, 1925. | |
| (1) Number of representations made with a view to the making of Closing Orders | 4 |
| (2) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Closing Orders were made | 10 |
| (3) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the dwelling houses having been rendered fit | 0 |
| (4) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made | 0 |
| (5) Number of dwelling houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | 0 |
Staff.—The staff engaged on housing work during the year consisted
four Sanitary Inspectors, each carrying out all the duties of a Sanitary
Inspector in the district allocated to him. One of these was mainly
en gaged in duties connected with the Housing Regulations, 1925.
General Housing Conditions. —It is difficult to discuss the subject
of housing in Chelsea without some understanding of the peculiar conditions
which appertain to the district.
Probably in few London boroughs have there been so may alterations,
c onsequent on demolitions and reconstructions, during the past 30 years,
as in Chelsea. The process of reconstruction is still in progress, though
largely suspended by the operation of the Rent Restriction Acts. The
developments which have taken place have arisen from the fact that a
very considerable proportion of Chelsea is comprised within the areas of
two large estates —the Cadogan Estate and the Sloane Stanley Estate.
Many of the building leases on these estates were granted early in the
19th century and a large number have already expired. A certain
P r oportion of demolition of small property has been due to the acquisition
of land by large trading corporations, but up to the present this has
n ot been a factor of any great magnitude.
Owing to the proximity of the eastern boundary of the Borough to
Hyde Park and Belgravia, and to the attractiveness of the Embankment
forming the southern boundary, residential values in these neighbourhoods