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 Hampstead Borough]
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Number of rooms made to conform. | Number of rooms closed or illegal occupation discontinued. | Total number of rooms. | Number of premises concerned. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Action under Public Health Act, 1936 | 95 | Nil. | 95 | 45 |
Action under Housing Acts | 34 | 42 | 76 | 36 |
Action as the result of voluntary conversion of premises into flats and in connection with new buildings | 33 | Nil. | 33 | 15 |
162 | 42 | 204 | 96 |
The number of Underground Rooms found not to comply with
the requirements in the houses in the allocation above (2), (3) and (4),
totalled 437. They were found to exist in 229 premises. Of these
rooms 61 were found in 25 Tenement Houses.
(1) Premises found to comply with Underground Room Requirements | 433 |
(2) Premises found not to comply but which can be made to comply | 515 |
(3) Premises found not to comply and cannot be made to comply (i.e., Closure only alternative, action deferred pending provision of satisfactory accommodation) | 118 |
(4) Premises found which do not comply in minor details only (no action contemplated) | 14 |
(5) Premises found to be used for purposes other than for human habitation, or unoccupied | 64 |
1144 |
County Council Housing Estates.
The following figures relate to families removed to London
County Council Estates since 1927, through the action of the Borough
Council:—
Number of houses at the Wormholt Estate at the disposal
of the Borough Council by payment to the L.C.C. of a
yearly subsidy of £7 per house 62
Carried forward 62