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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 1955
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1955
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INSPECTIONS, PROCEEDINGS. ETC.
| Total number of houses in the Borough | 16,523 (approx.) |
| PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936 | |
| Number of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness | 1,224 |
| Number of statutory notices served | 166 |
| Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied | 300 |
| HOUSING ACT, 1936 | |
| Number of houses inspected - house-to-house (Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925) | 102 |
| Number of houses included by representations by the Medical Officer of Health under Section 25 of Housing Act, 1936 | Nil |
| Number of houses demolished following representation by Medical Officer of Health under Section 25 of Housing Act, 1936 Number of houses repaired under Sections 9 and 10 of Housing Act, 1936:- | Nil |
| (a) by owners | 58 |
| (b) by local authority in default of owners Number of houses demolished:- | Nil |
| (a) in pursuance of orders under Section 11 of the Housing Act, 1936 | 8 |
| (b) voluntarily | Nil |
| Number of houses (wholly or in part) the subject of Closing Orders (excluding underground rooms) | Nil |
| Number of Closing Orders determined (i.e. houses made fit) | Nil |
| OVERCROWDlNG (HOUSING ACT, 1936) | |
| Number of families found to be living in overcrowded conditions | 8 |
| Number of overcrowded families who have obtained alternative accommodation | 8 |
| Number of houses erected by the Borough Council during the year | 49 |
| UNDERGROUND ROOMS | |
| Number found to be unfit | 12 |
| Number rendered fit for human habitation | 2 |
| Number closed by Closing Orders | 10 |
| 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) | 12 |