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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
Poplar 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Housing Statistics.
| 1. Inspection of dwelling houses during the year:- | |||
| (1) (a) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 3, 107 | ||
| (b) Number of inspections made for the | 15,143 | ||
| (2) (a) Number of dwelling houses (included under subhead(l) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations,1925. | 183 | ||
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose. | 183 | ||
| (3) Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation. | 5 | ||
| (4) Number of dwelling houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding subhead) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 2,471 | ||
2. Remedy of defects during the year without service
of formal notice
Number of defective dwelling houses
rendered fit in consequence of informal
action by the Local Authority or their
officers 1,425
40,