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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

Hammersmith 1969

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

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Table: Houses in Multiple Occupation:

Houses in Multiple Occupation:

Premises: Inspected19621963196419651966196719681969
20(143 lettigns)129(464 lettings)46(277 lettings)36(224 lettings)253(412 lettings)309(804 lettings)913(3150 lettings)718(1868 lettings)
Where informal action taken18364610253215768494
Where no further action taken293Nil5Nil94145224
Where formal action taken2181913178543192
TOTAL INSPECTIONS132577929314991181537223530

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Slum Clearance
During 1969, 171 inspections were made where houses were surveyed or
examined in details, and 5 houses in 1 clearance area were presented as being
unfit for human habitation, resulting in the making of a Compulsory Purchase
Order in the same year.
Partly as a result of clearance area legislation and partly due to acquisition
by agreement, during the year 90 dwellings, which had formed part
of the current or previous slum clearance programmes, were demolished.
Improvement Areas
Initial inspections of houses in Improvement Areas began towards the end
of the year and the number of such visits totalled 66. The assessment of
Improvement Grant Applications in Improvement Areas involved 31 visits.
Housing Act 1957 - Closing Orders
No Closing Orders were made during the year and in two cases Orders
previously made were determined.

Table: Rent Act 1957Aplication under the above act during the past 5 years have beenrecieved as follows:-

Rent Act 1957

Aplication under the above act during the past 5 years have beenrecieved as follows:-

19651966196719681969
For Certificate of Disrepair
Number received127143
Number granted74121
For revocation of Certificates
Number received9-422
Number granted6-212
Undertakings given by landlord231-1

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B. 3