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Chelsea 1941

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1941

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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 236
(2) Number of dwelling houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal notices:—
(a) By owners 41
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners ... -
(c) Proceedings under sections 11 and 13 of the Housing
Act, 1 936:—
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which
Demolition Orders were made 3
(2) Number of dwelling houses demolished in pursu-
ance of Demolition Orders 3
(d) Proceedings under scction 12 of the Housing Act, 1930:—
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were
made —
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were
determined, the tenement or room having been
rendered fit
Housing Act, 1936.—Part IV.—Overcrowding.
It is not possibles to live dependable
statistics under this heading.
as a resort of various factors arising out
of the war, over crowding was recovered.