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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough.
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| Premises | Rooms | |
|---|---|---|
| No. of representations under consideration on 31st December 1958 | 6 | 11 |
| No. of undertakings accepted during 1958 | - | - |
| No. of closing orders made during 1958 | 1 | 2 |
| No. of closing orders determined during 1958 | - | - |
Repair of Houses under Sections 9 and 10 Housing Act 1957.
No action has been taken since the war under these Sections.
Individual Unfit Houses & Flats
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 167 premises.
The following was the position at the end of 1958.
| No. of closing orders in force on 1st Jan. 1958 | 32 |
| No. of representations under consideration on 1st Jan. 1958 | 36 |
| No. of representations made during 1958 | 3 |
| No. of representations under consideration at 31st Dec. 1958 | 3 |
| No. of closing orders made during 1958 | 35 |
| No. of demolition orders made during 1958 | 1 |
| No. of premises subject to demolition orders demolished during 1958 | - |
| No. of premises subject to closing orders demolished during 1958 | 18 |
| No. of closing orders determined during 1958 as a result of reconstruction | 4 |
| No. of closing orders in force on 31st December 1958 | 45 |
| No. of houses considered on inspection to be unfit for human habitation | 22 |
| No. of houses wherein defects were remedied by informal action | - |