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Fulham 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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| (a) | Proceedings under Sections 17, 18 and 23 of the Housing Act, 1930:— | |
| (1) Number ot dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs | 117 | |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notice:— | ||
| (a) by owners' | 36 | |
| (b) by Local Authority in default of owners | 4 | |
| (b) | Proceedings under Public Health Acts:— | |
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 683 | |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices:— | ||
| (a) by owners | 400 | |
| (b) by Local Authority in default of owners | — | |
| (c) | Proceedings under Sections 19 and 21 of the Housing Act, 1930:— | |
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made | 1 | |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | *1 | |
| (d) | Proceedings under Section 20 of the Housing Act, 1930 :— | |
| (1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made | ||
| (2) Numoer of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or rooms having been rendered fit | ||
*In addition two dwelling-houses were demolished voluntarily.
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL BYE-LAWS WITH RESPECT TO HOUSES
DIVIDED INTO SEPARATE TENEMENTS.
229 houses were added to and 6 removed from the Register of houses under these Byelaws,
which at the end of the year contained the addresses of 746 houses.
1,108 "Annual Cleansing " inspections were carried out during the spring, two of the
district Inspectors being temporarily taken off their districts to do these inspections. The
routine work of the two districts was shared amongst the other district Inspectors. As a
result of these inspections, 267 Intimation and 31 Statutory Notices were served on tenants
and owners regarding failure to carry out the provisions of the Bye-laws regarding annual
cleansing.
UNDERGROUND ROOMS.
During the year Closing Orders were made by the Council in respect of 7 underground
rooms which did not comply with the Regulations. Two of the Orders were made at the
beginning of the year under Section 20 of the Housing Act, 1930, prohibiting the use of the
rooms for sleeping purposes and the remaining 5 were made under the same Section as
amended and extended by Section 84 of the 1935 Act, which prohibits the use of the rooms
for human habitation.