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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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The following table, required by the Ministry of Health, is set forth in detail:—
| Table I. | |
| Number of new houses erected during the year:— | Tenements. |
| (a) Total | 0 |
| (i) By the Local Authority | 0 |
| (ii) By other bodies or persons | 0 |
| Inspection—(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 3,805 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 | 819 |
| (3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 0 |
| (4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 953 |
| 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 | 53 |
| 3. Action under Statutory Powers. | |
| A.—Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925. | |
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs | 0 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices:— | |
| (a) By owners | 0 |
| (6) 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 |