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Islington 1967

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

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SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE, REPORTS SUBMITTED
NOTICES SERVED & NOTICES COMPLIED WITH
Housing Act 1957
Section 5 Control of back to back dwellings
Number of certificates issued 1
Section 9 Repair of unfit houses
Number of houses inspected 4
Re-inspections 11
Representations to Committee Nil
Section 16 Individual unfit houses
Number of inspections 330
Number of revisits 330
Houses represented to Committee 12
Closing Orders made 5
Demolition Orders made 2
Undertakings accepted Nil
Houses demolished 13
Section 18 Unfit parts of buildings
Number of inspections 1421
Number of revisits 1421
Representation to Committee 31
Closing Orders made 42
Undertakings accepted Nil
Section 24 Reconstruction of house subject to Demolition Order
Number of inspections 10
Number of revisits 10
Reports to Committee 1
Section 27 Closing Orders or undertakings determined on completion or works
Whole houses 3
Parts of buildings 13
Section 27 Permitted use of premises subject to Closing Orders
Number of applications submitted to Committee 5
Number of applications granted 4
Section 27 Contravention of Closing Orders
Number of cases reported to Committee 2
Section 28 Closing Order - Substitution of Demolition Order
Number of orders substituted 1
Reports to Committee 1
Section 42 Clearance Areas
Number of areas surveyed 16
Total houses in those areas 258
Areas represented to Council 3
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