[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough] page 58

Hammersmith 1953

[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	25,900 (approx.)
Public Health (London) Act, 1936
2. No. of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness ...	4,094
3. Number of statutory notices served	844
4. Number of prosecutions	136
5. Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied	1,042
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	Nil
(b) Number of houses demolished following representations by Borough Medical Officer under Sec. 25 of H A. 1936	4
8. Number of houses repaired under Sections 9 and 10 of H.A., 1936: —
(a) By owners	Nil
(b) 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
(b) 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	178
Number of overcrowded families who have obtained alternative accommodation	65
13. Number of dwellings erected by the Borough * Council during year	170 (Flats)
Underground Rooms
14. Number occupied but unfit	Unknown
Number closed or modified occupation approved .	20
Number of Closing Orders	20
Number of Closing Orders determined	14
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