[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough] page 44

Hammersmith 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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Table: (D) HOUSING

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(D) HOUSING

1. Total number of houses in the Borough, including flats, tenements, etc., separately assessed	25,750 (approx)

Public Health (London) Act, 1936
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
Housing Act, 1936
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


(b) Number of houses demolished following representations by Borough Medical Officer under Sec. 25 of H.A., 1936	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:—
(a) In pursuance of orders under Sec. 11 of the Housing Act, 1936	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

Overcrowding (Housing Act, 1936)
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)

Underground Rooms
14. Number occupied but unfit	Unknown
Number closed or modified occupation approved	15

Number of Closing Orders	7
Number of Closing Orders determined	12
Houses Let in Lodgings
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.