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Southwark 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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9.—H
| Number of new houses erected during the year:— | |
| (a) Total | 92 |
| (b) As part of a municipal housing scheme | None. |
| Inspection - (1) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 19,063 |
| (2) Number of dwelling bouses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 | None. |
| (3) Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 51 |
| (4) Number of dwelling houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 19,012 |
| 2. Remedy of Defects without Service of formal Notices:- | |
| Number of defective dwelling houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their Officers | included in above 1-4 |
| 3. Action under Statutory Powers:— | |
| (1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs | 27 |
| (2) Number of dwelling houses which were rendered fit— | |
| (a) by owners | 5 |
| (b) by Local Authority in default of owners | 5 |
| (3) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Closing Orders became operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of intention to close | |