Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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1. Total number of houses in the Borough, including flats, tenements, etc., separately assessed | 25,750 (approx) |
2. No. of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness | 4,197 |
3. Number of statutory notices served | 2,064 |
4. Number of prosecutions | 334 |
5. Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied | 2,194 |
6. Number of houses inspected—house-to-house (Housing Consolidated Regs. 1925) | Nil |
7. (a) Number of houses included in representations by the Borough Medical Officer under Sec. 25 of H.A., 1936 | 10 |
Nil | |
8. Number of houses repaired under Sections 9 and 10 of H.A., 1936:— | |
(a) By owners | 3 |
(6) By L.A. in default of owners | Nil |
9. Number of houses demolished:— | |
Nil | |
(6) Voluntarily | Nil |
10. Number of rooms on which Closing Orders were made (excluding underground rooms) | Nil |
11. Number of Closing Orders determined (excluding underground rooms) | Nil |
12. Number of families living in overcrowded conditions | 243 |
Number of overcrowded families who have | |
obtained alternative accommodation | 88 |
13. Number of dwellings erected by the Borough Council during year | 73 (Flats) |
14. Number occupied but unfit | Unknown |
Number closed or modified occupation approved | 15 |
Number of Closing Orders | 7 |
Number of Closing Orders determined | 12 |
15. Number in Borough | 9,600 (approx.) |
*Number of inspections | — |
Number of prosecutions | Nil |
†Number of complaints remedied under the Bye-laws (not included under any other heading) | - |
* Included under item No. 2. | |
†Included under item No. 5. |