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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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From time to time it has become necessary to take action in re-spect of a few individual rooms in houses still regarded technically as fit for habitation where these have for one reason or another de-teriorated in condition beyond reasonable possibility of being rendered fit.
| Premises | Rooms | |
|---|---|---|
| No. of closing orders in force on 1st Jan. 1957 (2 made in 1952 1 in 1953 and 2 in 1954) | 5 | 10 |
| No. of representations under consideration on 1st Jan. 1957 | 5 | 9 |
| No. of representations made during 1957 | 1 | 2 |
| No. of representations under consideration on 31st Dec. 1957 | 6 | 11 |
| No. of undertakings accepted during 1957 | - | - |
| No. of closing orders made during 1957 | - | - |
| No. of closing orders determined during 1957 | - | - |
In addition to the closing orders detailed in the above table
certain other orders have been made under Section 12 of the Housing
Act 1936 in respect of whole flats which have been for the purpose
considered as part of the building in which they were incorporated.
Repair of Houses under Sections 9 and 10 Housing Act 1936
No action has been taken since the war under these Sections.
Individual Unfit Houses
Chiefly because of rehousing difficulties, action to secure the
demolition or closure of individual unfit houses has been restricted
to a comparatively small number of very bad houses, including certain
unoccupied premises Since the war Demolition or Closing Orders have
been made in respect of 110 premises.