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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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HOUSING Inspection of dwelling houses during the year
| (i) (a) Dwelling houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 11,519 |
| (b) Inspections made for the purpose | 34,026 |
| (ii) (a) Dwelling houses (including those under sub-head (i) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 | 279 |
| (b-) Inspections made for the purpose | 2,106 |
| (iii) Dwelling houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 7 |
| (iv) Dwelling houses (excluding those referred to under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 3,207 |
| 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 | 1,147 |
| Action under statutory powers 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 | 121 |
| (ii) Dwelling houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices | 87 |
| (b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts:- | |
| (i) Dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | . 3,086 |
| (ii) Dwelling houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices: - | |
| (a) by owners | 1,939 |
| (b) by local authority in default of Owndrs | - |
| (c) Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936:- | |
| (i) Dwelling houses in respect of which demolition orders were made | 3 |
| (ii) Dwelling houses demolished in pursuance | 15 |
| (d) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act,1936:- | |
| (i) Separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which closing orders were made | 189 |
| (ii) Separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which closing orders were determined, the tenements or rooms having been rendered fit | 33 |
| (iii) Separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which closing orders operate, but where the Council consented during the year to the use of the rooms for purposes other than sleeping | 169 |