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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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B.—Parts of Buildings Unfit for Human Habitation.
| Number of underground rooms represented for closure | 34 (97 rooms) | |
| Number of Closing Orders made in respect of underground rooms | 32 (91 rooms) | |
| Number of other parts of buildings represented for closure | 1 (3 rooms) | |
| Number of Closing Orders made in respect of other parts of buildings | 1 (3 rooms) | |
| Number of specifications submitted and approved | 9 | |
| Number of Closing Orders determined in respect of underground rooms | 10 (28 rooms) | |
| Number of Closing Orders determined in respect of other parts of buildings | 1 (1 room) | |
| Number of applications made for modification of Closing Orders to permit approved use | 30 (68 rooms) | |
| Number of applications approved | 26 (61 rooms) |
C.—Informal Action in respect of Paris of Buildings Unfit for Human Habitation. Number of instances of informal action taken to secure requirements of the Housing Act and Regulations made thereunder:—
| 61 | |
| 3 | |
| Number of instances of such informal action taken included in (a) and (b) above:— | |
| 32 | |
| (6) on the initiative of the owner | 21 |
| 11 | |
| Number of contraventions of Closing Orders reported | Nil |
| Number of legal proceedings instituted | Nil |
Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
| A.—Illegal Separate Occupation of Underground Rooms. | |
| Number of instances of formal action taken to secure compliance with Section 132 | Nil |
| Number of instances of informal action taken to secure compliance with Section 132 | 40 |