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Fulham 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]

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Table: 3. Action under Statutory Powers during the Year:—

3. Action under Statutory Powers during the Year:—

(a).—Proceedings under sections 9, 10 and 16 of the Housing Act, 1936:— (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs1
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices:—
(a) By owners2*
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners7*
(b).—Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied456
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices:-
(a) By owners327*
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners1
(c).—Proceedings under sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made1†
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders
(d).—Proceedings under section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936:—
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made7
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit__
4. Housing Act, 1936.—Overcrowding
(a).— (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year810
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein810
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein4,906
(b).—Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year1
(c).— (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year503
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases2,893
(d).—Particulars of any cases in which dwelling-houses have again become overcrowded after the Local Authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding-
(e).-—Any other particulars with respect to overcrowding conditions upon which the Medical Officer of Health may consider it desirable to reportSee below.

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* Including Notices served during 1937 and complied with during 1938.
† Order quashed on Appeal. (See comments below.)
Comments on Table 14.
3 (c).—Demolition. Upon representation by the Medical Officer of Health that the house
was unfit for human habitation and not capable of being rendered fit at a reasonable cost, the Council
commenced the procedure laid down in the Housing Act for the making of a Demolition Order. The
owner failed to submit any specification of works which he was prepared to execute and the Demolition
Order was duly made. The owner then appealed against the order to the County Court, and prior to
the hearing commenced considerable structural works on the house. As a consequence of these works
the house at the time of the hearing was not the same house as the one upon which the Council had