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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
Greenwich 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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The following figures show in detail the work performed from 1st February to 31st December, 1933, under Part II of the Housing Act, 1930 : —
| 88 | |
| Houses closed | 3 |
| Houses reconditioned | 5 |
| Houses in hand (in progress) | 23 |
| Houses in hand (not actually commenced) | 34 |
| Houses in hand (in negotiation—Sigismund Street) | 12 |
| Underground Rooms recommended for action | |
| 31 | |
| Informal Agreements to Recondition | 44 |
| Reconditioning partly effected by Agreement without | |
| Survey | 9 |
| 96 | |
| 2,243 |
Overcrowding.—Hundreds of applications for houses remain on
the Council's Waiting List and still applications continue to be
received in the Public Health Department daily. These are investigated and a report sent to the Town Clerk for submission to the
appropriate Committee. The question is one of considerable difficulty and until adequate provision is made for the accommodation
of those people unable to afford the rents demanded for new houses
the problem of overcrowding is still far from being solved.
Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts, 1920-23.—
Four applications for certificates were made all of which were
granted and in two instances reports were subsequently issued to the
owner of the premises under Sec. 5 (2) of the 1923 Act on completion of the necessary repairs.
Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions (Amendment) Act,
1933.— Broadly the effect of this Act so far as London is concerned
is that premises of a rateable value of more than £45, shall be
decontrolled, those of rateable value between £20 and £45, are to
remain subject to present legislation and those at present controlled
having a rateable value of less than £20 are to remain controlled,
even though under past legislation the premises would have become
decontrolled when vacated.
The Act also provides that the Rent and Mortgage Interest
(Restriction) Acts shall continue for a period of 5 years and no
longer.