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Battersea 1936

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

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(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied
2,477
(3,366 intimation notices)
(2) Number of dwelling houses in which defects
were remedied after service of formal
notices:—
(a) By owners
2490
(3,248 intimation notices complied with)
(b) By Local Authority in default of
owners
Nil
(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
2
(2) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which
an undertaking was accepted under subsection
2 of section 19
Nil
(3) Number of dwelling houses demolished in
pursuance of Demolition Orders
Nil
(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
6
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders
were determined, the tenement or room
having been rendered fit
Nil
(e) Overcrowding:—
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the
end of the year
1,873
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein
1,873
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein
9,827½
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding
reported during the year
Nil
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved
during the year
95
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such
cases
543½
(d) Number of cases in which dwelling houses
have again become overcrowded after the
local authority have taken steps for the
abatement of overcrowding
Nil