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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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III.—Action under Statutory Powers.
| 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 | 0 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit— | |
| (a) by owners | 0 |
| (b) By Local Authority in default of owners | 0 |
| (3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders became operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of intention to close | 0 |
| B. Proceedings under Public Health, Acts. | |
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 1,640 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied— | |
| (a) By owners | All |
| (6) By Local Authority in default of owners | 0 |
| C. Proceedings under sections 17 and 18 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909. | |
| (1) Number of representations made with a view to the making of Closing Orders | 0 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders were made | 0 |
| (3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the dwelling-houses having been rendered fit | 0 |
| (4) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made | 0 |
| (5) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | 0 |
| 3.—Unhealthy Akeas. | |
| Areas represented to the Local Authority with a view to Improvement Schemes under (a), Part I, or (6), Part II, of the Act of 1890 | 0 |
| (4) Number of houses not complying with the building by-laws erected with consent of Local Authority under section 25 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1919 | 0 |
| (5) Staff engaged on housing work with, briefly, the duties of each officer | 9 |
8 permanent Sanitary Inspectors and 1 temporary assistant
(for 3 months).
Duties—The general duties of a sanitary inspector in charge of
a district: inspection of houses, investigation of complaints,
supervision of new drainage and sanitary fittings, &c.)