London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Chelsea 1954
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1954
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INSPECTION, PROCEEDINGS, etc.
| Total number of houses in the Borough | 16,267 (approx) |
| PUBLIC HEALTH LONDON) ACT. 1936 | |
| Number of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness | 1,188 |
| Number of statutory notices served | 129 |
| Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied | 468 |
| HOUSING ACT. 1936 | |
| Number of houses inspected - housed to-house (Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925) | 58 |
| Number of houses included by representations by the Medical Qffiser of Health under Section 25 of Housing Act, 1936 | Nil |
| Number of houses demolished following representation by Medical Qfficer of Health under Section 25 of Housing Act. 1936 | Nil |
| Number of houses repaired under Sections 9 and 10 of Housing Act. 1936:- | |
| (a) by owners | 30 |
| (b) by local authority in default of owners | Nil |
| Number of houses demolished:- | |
| (a) in pursuance of orders under Section 11 of the Housing Act, 1936 | 4 |
| (b) voluntarily | Nil |
| Number of houses (wholly or in part) the subject of Closing Orders (excluding underground rooms) | 1 |
| Number of Closing Orders determined (i.e., houses made fit) | Nil |
| OVERCROWDING (HOUSING ACT. 1936) | |
| Number of families found to be living in overcrowded conditions | 17 |
| Number of overcrowded families who have obtained alternative assommodation | 19 |
| Number of houses greeted by the Borough Council during the year | 70 |
| UNDERGROUND BOOMS | |
| Number occupied but unfit | Nil |
| Number closed or modified occupation approved | Nil |
| HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS | |
| Number of inspections (see above) | — |
| Number of prosecutions | Nil |
| Number of complaints remedied under the bye-laws (not included under any other heading) | 18 |