London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Islington 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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occupation. Increasing use was made of these very useful powers and during the
year six Management Orders and seven Directions were made.
Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1958
Hie Borough Council and also the Greater London Council required that applicants
for mortgages for the purchase of houses should undertake that all such property
must be made to conform to the Council's regulations relating to underground rooms
and also the provisions of the Housing Acts relating to multi-occupation and means of
escape in case of fire. In this connection 553 inspections and re-inspections were
carried out.
Inspections and re-visits concerned with Improvement Grants numbered 67.
SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS AND NOTICES SERVED
Housing Act 1957
| Section 5 (Prohibition of back to back houses) | |
| Number of certificates issued | 1 |
| Section 9 (Repair of unfit houses) | |
| Inspections | 22 |
| Section 16 (Individual unfit houses) | |
| Inspections and revisits | 153 |
| Houses represented | 9 |
| Section 17 (Individual unfit houses) | |
| Closing Orders made | 6 |
| Demolition Orders made | 1 |
| Houses demolished | 12 |
| Section 18 (Unfit parts of buildings (including basement rooms)) Inspections and revisits | |
| (a) Basement rooms | 982 |
| (b) Other parts of buildings | 120 |
| Representations made | |
| (a) Basement rooms . | 50 |
| (b) Other parts of buildings | 4 |
| Closing Orders made | |
| (a) Basement ro | 41 |
| (b) Other parts of buildings | 3 |
| Section 27 (Closing Orders determined or part determined on completion of works) | |
| (a) Whole houses | 4 |
| (b) Basement rooms | 14 |
| (c) Other parts of buildings | 3 |
| Permitted use of rooms subject to Closing Orders | 6 |
| Section 90 (Houses let in lodgings) | |
| Inspections and revisits | 58 |
| Section 80 | |
| Licence authorising temporary overcrowding | 1 |
| Section 42 (Clearance areas) | |
| Areas represented | 5 |
| Initial detailed surveys | 232 |