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
Finsbury 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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Tabular Statement prepared in accordance with the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1932
| No. of houses considered on inspection to be unfit for human habitation | 46 | |
| No. of houses wherein defects were remedied by informal action | - | |
| No. of representations made with a view to: | ||
| (a) serving notices requiring the execution of work | - | |
| (b) making demolition or closing orders | 46 | |
| No. of notices served requiring the execution of repairs | - | |
| No. of houses rendered fit after service of notice | - | |
| No. of demolition or closing orders made | 24 | |
| No. of houses in respect of which undertakings were accepted | 5 | |
| No. of houses demolished | 2 | |
Slum Clearance
The position obtaining at the end of the year in respect of
individual Clearance Areas is summarised below:-
1. Faulkner's Alley - 2 premises
Rehousing was carried out and the premises demolished.
2. Macclesfield Place - 19 premises
The tenants had not yet been rehoused.
3. Ironmonger Passage - Lizard Street - 3 premises
The Clearance Order was confirmed by the Minister during the
year but rehousing had not commenced.
4. James Gardens - Frye's Buildings - 25 premises
Rehousing had substantially been completed, and Frye's Buildings
and the east side of James' Gardens were demolished.
5. St. James, Row - 8 premises
Rehousing of residential tenants was carried out but the area had
not yet been cleared.