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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 40
9.—Housing. ,
Number of new houses erected during the year:—
80 tenements
Tabard
(a) Total
St. area
(b) As part of a municipal housing scheme
None.
1. Unfit dwelling houses:—
Inspection—(1) Total number of dwelling houses inspected
for housing defects (under Public Health
or Housing Acts)
15,967
(2) Number of dwelling houses 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
None.
(4) Number of dwelling houses (exclusive of those
referred to under the preceding sub heading) found
not to be in all respe ts reasonably lit for human
habitation
11,136
"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
3. Action under Statutory Powers :—
1-4
A. Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing,
Town Planning, &c., Act. 1919 :—
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring repairs
None.
(2) Number of dwelling houses which were
rendered fit—
(a) by owners
None.
(b) by Local Authority in default of
owners
None.
(3) Number of dwelling houses in respect of
which Closing Orders became operative in
pursuance ol declarations by owners of intention
to close
None.