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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
Hampstead 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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HOUSING
1. Total number of dwelling-houses inspected
for housing defects (under Public Health
or Housing Acts) 2,718
2. Number of dwelling-houses (included in (l)
above) which were inspected and recorded
under the Housing Consolidated Regs. 1925
and 1932 (House-to-House inspection) 109
3. Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a
state so dangerous or injurious to health
as to be unfit for human habitation 7
4. Number of dwelling-houses found not to be
in all respects fit for human habitation 706
HOUSES IN CLEARANCE AREAS AND UNFIT HOUSES ELSEWHERE
| PART A - Houses Demolished | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearance Areas.Housing; Act. 1936 and Housing; Repairs & Rents Act. 1954 | Houses | Persons Displaced | Families Displaced |
| (l) Houses unfit for human habitation | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| (2) Houses included by reason of bad arrangement, etc. | „ | „ | „ |
| (3) Houses on land acquired under Section 27 Housing Act,1936 | „ | „ | „ |
| Not in Clearance Areas | |||
| (4) As a result of formal or informal procedure under Section 11 Housing; Act, 1936 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| PART B - Unfit Houses Closed | |||
| (5) Under Section 11 Housing Act, 1936 and Sections 10(l) and ll(2) Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1953 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| (6) Under Sections 3(l) and 3(2) Housing Act, 1949 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| (7) Parts of buildings closed under Section 12 Housing Act. 1936 | 4 | 5 | |