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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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| Inspections | 38 | |
| Revisits | 100 | |
| Overcrowding abated | 32 | |
| Section 81 | Permitted numbers | |
| Inspections | 598 | |
| Section 90 | Overcrowding in houses let in lodgings | |
| Inspections | 4 | |
| Re-inspections | 4 | |
| Housing Act | Part V Possible C.P.O. s other than Clearance Areas | |
| Number of areas surveyed | 12 | |
| Number of bouses in above areas | 690 | |
| Number of inspections made | 1.035 | |
| HOUSING ACT. 1961 | ||
| Section 12 | Management Orders | |
| Reports on individual houses submitted to Ooinnittee | 3 | |
| Total of lettings in above houses or tenement blocks | 19 | |
| Inspections and revisits | 28 | |
| Management Orders made | 2 | |
| Management Orders determined | 3 | |
| Section 15 | Provision of amenities | |
| Houses inspected | 1, 232 | |
| Revisits etc. | 4. 191 | |
| Informal notices served | 204 | |
| Formal notices served | 128 | |
| Notices complied with | 95 | |
| Section 16 | Means of escape in case of fire | |
| Houses inspected | 1, 208 | |
| Revisits etc. | 4, 475 | |
| Informal notices served | 681 | |
| Formal notices served | 373 | |
| Notices complied with | 295 | |
| Section 19 | Directions to prevent overcrowding | |
| Visits, etc. | 464 | |
| Directions made | 20 | |
| Variation of Direction | 1 | |
| Section 21 | Possible improvement of tenement blocks | |
| Number of tenement blocks surveyed | 35 | |
| Total number of dwellings in above blocks | 982 | |
| Number of blocks subject to report to Oommittee | 35 | |
| Dwellings in above blocks | 982 | |
| Inspections and revisits | 1,073 | |