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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
Lewisham 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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The following is a tabulated statement of various statistics, as submitted to the London county council:—
| Item | Total |
|---|---|
| Total houses in the borough (separately assessed dwellings) | 60,420* |
| Public Health Act | |
| Houses inspected on account of complaints or illness | 2,580 |
| Statutory notices served | 700 |
| Houses repaired or nuisances remedied | 6,576 |
| Housing Act, 1936 | |
| Houses inspected — house to house (Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925) | Nil |
| Houses included by representations by the M.O.H. under s.25 | 125 |
| Houses demolished following representation by the M.O.H. under s.25 | |
| Houses repaired under ss. 9 and 10- | |
| 42 | |
| 3 | |
| Houses demolished— | |
| (a) inpursuanceofordersunders. 1l | 15 |
| (b) voluntarily | — |
| Rooms on which closing orders were made | 18 |
| Closing orders determined (i.e., houses made fit) | 1 |
| Overcrowding (Housing Act, 1936) | |
| Families found to be living in overcrowded conditions | 38 |
| Overcrowded families who have obtained alternative accommodation:— | |
| 12 | |
| 45 | |
| Dwellings erected by the borough council during the year | 262 |
| Underground rooms | |
| Number occupied but unfit | — |
| Number closed or modified occupation approved | — |
| Houses let in lodgings Number in borough | Not known |
| Inspections under the byelaws | — |
| Prosecutions | — |
| Complaints remedied under the byelaws (not included | |
| under any other heading) | — |
* See note at bottom o page 7.