London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1937
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made on grounds of bad housing or overcrowding are becoming less
frequent. As regards the latter, the number of known statutory overcrowded
families has fallen from 1,083 in 1935 to 622 at the present time.
The larger housing problem lay in the southern districts of the City.
Now that it is being solved attention is being directed to the northern
parts, particularly of Soho, where some of the most unsuitable dwellings
exist. They are scattered, mainly old, many showing a degree of decay
and dilapidation found nowhere else in the City.
| (1)—(a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 10,391 |
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose | 24,238 |
| (2)—(a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under subhead (1) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 | 2,449 |
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose | 9,622 |
| (3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 361† |
| 684* | |
| 2. Remedy of defects during the year without Service of formal Notices. | |
| Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their Officers | 324 |
*Notices served in respect of these houses are included in the number shown
in 3. B. (1).
†Includes all unfit dwelling-houses where formal action has been taken under
the Housing Acts.