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Southwark 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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owners under Section 165
(d) Closing Orders on parts of buildings (Section 18)4
(e) Undertakings not to use parts of buildings for human habitation accepted5
(f) Closing Orders made under Section 17 (3)Nil
(g) Demolition Orders determined and Closing Orders substituted under Section 26Nil
(h) Closing Orders made under Section 17(1)3
(i) Closing Orders determined3
(j) Closing Orders revoked and Demolition Orders madeNil
(k) Number of houses included in respresentations (Section 42)80
(2) Houses in Multiple Occupation - Housing Acts, 1961-64:- (a) No. of premises found to require action214
(b) No. of premises at which conditions were remedied as a result of informal action177
(c) No. of premises requiring formal action41
(d) No. of Directions given41
(e) No. of Directions revoked5
(f) No. of Directions variedNil
(g) No. of Management Orders made37
(h) No. of Management Orders revokedNil
(3) Housing A ct, 1964: - (a) No. of Control Orders under Section 73Nil
(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 remedied743
(b) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices: — (i) By owners670
(ii) By local authority in default of owners61

Housing Inspections

No. of Inspections
Clearance areas2,497
Individual unfit houses Section 9626
Section 16317
Parts of premises—Section 18316
Houses in multiple occupation678
Re-inspections (all sections)3,694
Total inspections8,128