London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Southwark 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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HOUSING HOUSING ACT, 1957 1- individual unfit houses Incapable of repair at reasonable expense
| Representations (Section 16) | 2 |
| Undertakings to demolish accepted (Section 16) | - |
| Demolition Orders made (Section 17) | - |
| Closing Orders made (Section 17) | 1 |
| Housing demolished as a result of formal or informal procedure | - |
| Houses closed in pursuance of an undertaking given by the owners and still in force | - |
| Houses made fit by owner (Section 16) | - |
2- Parts of buildings unfit for human habitation
| (i) Underground rooms closed (Section 18) | 22 |
| (ii) Other rooms (Section 18) | 15 |
3- Clearance areas
| Unfit houses | 64 |
| Other houses | 37 |
HOUSING STATISTICS
| Number of Dwellings in Borough | 25,211 |
1- Inspection of Dwelling Houses during the year:-
| (1) (a) Dwellings inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 5,335 |
| (b) Inspections made for the purpose | 10,085 |
| (2) Dwellings inspected and recorded under Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 | 1,072 |
| (3) Dwellings found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 52 |
| (4) Dwellings found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for habitation | 540 |
2- Remedy of Defects during the year without service of Formal Notices:-
| Dwellings rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the local authority or their officers | 429 |
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