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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HOUSING ACT, 1964
| Section 13 | Improvement Areas | |
| Number of areas surveyed | 10 | |
| Number of houses in above areas | 872 | |
| Inspections and revisits | 1,307 | |
| Areas represented | 3 | |
| Preliminary improvement notices served | 8 | |
| Immediate Improvement notices served | 10 | |
| Suspended improvement notices served | 5 | |
| Informal undertakings accepted | Nil | |
| Section 19 | Improvement of Individual Houses | |
| Formal applications received from tenants | 3 | |
| Informal applications | Nil | |
| Dwellings inspected | 54 | |
| Revisits etc. | 66 | |
| HOUSING (FINANCIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1958 | ||
| Improvement and Standard Grants Inspections and revisits | 60 | |
| HOUSE PURCHASE SCHEME | ||
| London Borough of Islington Inspections and revisits | 161 | |
| Greater London Council Inspections and revisits | 25 | |
| Town and Country Planning Visits and revisits | 190 | |
| Miscellaneous Inspections Other miscellaneous visits Including medical preference inspections, meat and food inspections, nurseries and child minders, etc | 581 | |
| Interviews with oners, surveyors, builders, tenants, etc | 2, 569 | |
| Non effective visits | 3,704 | |
| HOUSING BILL | ||
| Number of areas surveyed | 3 | |
| Number of houses in above | 501 | |
| Number of Inspections | 751 | |