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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37.
HOUSES IN CLEARANCE AREAS AND UNFIT
HOUSES ELSEWHERE.
Houses Demolished
Clearance Areas, Housing Act, 1957 Nil
Not in Clearance Areas 2
Unfit Houses Closed
Under Sections 16, 17 and 35, Housing Act 1957 Nil
Persons displaced Nil
Families displaced Nil
Parts of Buildings closed (Section 18)1
Persons displaced 2
Families displaced 2
Unfit Houses made fit and Houses in which Defects were Remedied.
By By Local
Owner Authority
After informal action by local authority 1,005 Nil
After formal notice: Public Health Acts 107 Nil
Housing Acts, 1957 5 3
Under Section 24, Housing Act Nil Nil
No action was taken under Sections 17, 34, 46, 48 and 53 of the
Housing Act regarding Unfit Houses in Temporary Use. No houses
in Clearance Areas were purchased by agreement.
OVERCROWDING
| On register 31.12.63 | 335 | 335 | 917 | 656 |
| New cases 1964 | 108 | 108 | 298 | 196 |
| 443 | 443 | 1215 | 852 | |
| Rehoused 1964 | 19 | 19 | 49 | 42 |
| On register 31.12.64 | 424 | 424 | 1166 | 810 |