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
Kensington 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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Remedy of defects during the year without service of formal notices.
| Remedy of defects during the year without service of formal notices. | |
| Defective dwelling houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the local authority or their officers .. | 1130 |
| Action under statutory cowers during the year. | |
| (a) Proceedings under Sections 9, 10 and 16 of the Housing Act, 1936:- | |
| (i) Dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs | Nil |
| (ii) Dwelling houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices | Nil |
| (b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts:- | |
| (i) Dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 475 |
| (ii) Dwelling houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices | - |
| (a) by owners | 475 |
| (b) by local authority in default of owners | Nil |
| (c) Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936:- | |
| (i) Dwelling houses in respect of which demolition orders were made | Nil |
| (ii) Dwelling houses demolished in pursuance of demolition orders | Nil |
| (d) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936:- | |
| (i) Separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which closing orders were made | 43 |
| (ii) Separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which closing orders were determined, the tenements or rooms having been rendered fit | 2 |
Underground Rooms.
The rigid policy adopted by the Council to prevent
the occupation of unfit underground rooms before the war, was
relaxed in the war period because many of these rooms were
necessarily occupied as shelters.
When the need for shelter accomodation disappeared
early in 1945, it was decided to revert to the pre-war practice
of closing underground rooms where the degree of unfitness
constituted a serious danger to the health of the occupants.
The number of rooms closed during the year was
forty-three.
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