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Bethnal Green 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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(B) Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses
in respect of which notices Notices served:
were served requiring de- Intimations, 5,642
fects to be remedied Nuisance Notices 2,437
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects
were remedied:—
(a)By owners 5,311
(b) By Local Authority in default of
owners Nil
(C) Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the
Housing Act, 1936:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
Demolition Orders were made 1
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in
pursuance of Demolition Orders Nil
(D) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing
Act, 1936:—
(1) Number of separate tenements or under-
ground rooms in respect of which Closing
Orders were made 3
(2) Number of separate tenements or under-
ground rooms in respect of which Closing
Orders were determined, the tenement or
room having been rendered fit Nil
4. Housing Act, 1936, Part iv—Overcrowding.
(a) (i) No. of dwellings overcrowded at end of year 2,448
(ii) No. of families dwelling therein 2,448
(iii) No. of persons dwelling therein 12,762
(b) No. of new cases of overcrowding reported during
year 889
(c) (i) No. of cases of overcrowding relieved
during year 1,446
(ii) No. of persons concerned in such cases 8,302
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling-houses
have again become overcrowded after local
authority has taken steps for abatement
of overcrowding 5
(e) Any other particulars with respect to
crowding conditions upon which the M.O.H.
may consider it desirable to report. —