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 Southwark, Borough of]
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(1) Proceeding under Housing Act, 1957:—
(a) Number of houses made fit after service of formal notices
(Sections 9, 16 and 18)
(i) By owners 21
(ii) By local authority in default of owners 2
(b) Houses demolished as a result of formal or informal procedure
under Section 17 Nil
(c) Houses closed in pursuance of an undertaking given by the
owners under Section 16 2
(d) Closing Orders on parts of buildings (Section 18) 13
(e) Undertakings not to use parts of buildings for human habitation
accepted 2
(f) Closing Orders made under Section 17(3) Nil
(g) Demolition Orders determined and Closing Orders substituted
under Section 26 Nil
(h) Closing Orders made under Section 17(1) 13
(i) Closing Orders determined 3
(j) Closing Orders revoked and Demolition Orders made Nil
(k) Number of houses included in representations (Section 42) 502
(2) Houses in Multiple Occupations—Housing Acts, 1961-64:—
(a) No. of premises found to require action 38
(b) No. of premises at which conditions were remedied as a result
of informal action 4
(c) No. of premises requiring formal action 34
(d) No. of Directions given 34
(e) No. of Directions revoked 4
(f) No. of Directions varied Nil
(g) No. of Management Orders made 33
(h) No. of Management Orders revoked 7
(3) Housing Act, 1964:—
(a) No. of Control Orders under Section 73 Nil
(b) No. of Control Orders revoked under Section 86(2) Nil
(4) Proceedings under Public Health Acts:
(a) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were
served requiring defects to be remedied 1,677
(b) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after
service of formal notices:
(i) By owners 535
(ii) By local authority in default of owners 54
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