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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
Finsbury 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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| Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices:- | |
| (a) By owners | 0 |
| (b) By local authority in default of owners | 0 |
| (b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts:— | |
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 1,926 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices:— | |
| (a) By owners | 1,926 |
| 0 | |
| (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 | 0 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | 0 |
| (d) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936:— | |
| (1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made | 0 |
| (2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit | 0 |
| 4. Housing Acts—Overcrowding :— | |
| *(a) (1) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year | 2,442* |
| (2) Number of families dwelling therein | 2,442* |
| (3) Number of persons dwelling therein | 12,337* |
* The information under this heading was ascertained within a reasonable
degree of accuracy at the end of 1935, through the special survey undertaken
under the Housing Act of that year ; no other figures with a greater
degree of accuracy can be quoted for 1937.