Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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.