London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Kensington 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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Action under statutory powers during the year
| (a) Premises repaired after service of formal notice under the Public Health (London) Act:- | |
| (i) By owners | 345 |
| (ii) By local authority in default | 4 |
| (b) Action under Sections 9, 10 and 12 of the Housing Act, 1957:- | |
| (i) Dwelling houses in respect of which notices under Section 9 were served requiring repairs | |
| (ii) Dwelling houses which were rendered fit by owners under Section 9 | 127 |
| (iii) Dwelling houses rendered fit by the Council in default of owners | 1 |
| (c) Action under Sections 16, 17 and 23 of the Housing Act, 1957:- | |
| (i) Dwelling houses in respect of which demolition orders were made | Nil |
| (ii) Dwelling houses demolished in pursuance of demolition orders | Nil |
| (iii) Dwelling houses in respect, of which closing orders, in lieu of demolition orders, were made | 2 |
| (iv) Dwelling houses in respect of which undertakings were accepted from owner to render premises fit for habitation | Nil |
| (v) Dwelling houses rendered fit for habitation by owners and closing order determined | 3 |
| (d) Action under Section 18 of the Housing Act, 1957:- | |
| (i) Separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which closing orders were made | 18 (35 rooms) |
| (ii) Separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which closing orders were determined, the tenements or rooms having been rendered fit | 53 (109 rooms) |
| (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 | 4 (7 rooms) |
| (iv) Separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which the Council accepted undertakings from owners to render fit within specified time | 1 (2 rooms) |
| (v) Undertakings cancelled | Nil |
| (e) Housing Act, 1957, Part IV - Overcrowding:- | |
| (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at end of year | No reliable estimate |
| (ii) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year | 169 (641 units) |
| (iii) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year | 160 (6181/2 units) |
| (iv) Number of cases in which dwelling houses have again become overcrowded after the local authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding | Nil |
NOTE: Units mean the number of equivalent persons in the families obtained
by regarding children between 1 and 10 years of age as "half
persons" and disregarding infants under the age of twelve months.