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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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(b) Proceedings under Public Heatlh Acts:—
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices' Intimation | 1,642 | |
| were served requiring de Statutory fects to be remedied | 187 | |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices :— | ||
| 1,396 | ||
| — | ||
| (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 | 4 | |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | 6 | |
| (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 | 20 | |
| (2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit | 1 | |
| 4. Housing Act, 1936—Overcrowding :— | ||
| (A) | (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year | 751 |
| (ii) Number of families dwelling therein | 751 | |
| (iii) Number of persons dwelling therein | 4,435 | |
| (B) | Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year | Nil. |
| (c) | (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year | 261 |
| (ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases | 1,540 | |