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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| (c) Number of specifications submitted and approved | 17 |
| (d) Number of Closing Orders determined in respect of underground rooms | 19 (43 rooms) |
| Number of Closing Orders determined in respect of other parts of buildings | Nil |
| (e) Number of applications made for modification of Closing Orders to permit approved use | 31 (51 rooms) |
| Number of applications approved | 29 (46 rooms) |
| (/) Number of cancellations of Closing Orders (Houses demolished) | 3 (3 rooms) |
| 2 (5 rooms) |
C.—Informal Action in Respect of Parts of Buildings Unfit for Human Habitation.
| Number of instances of informal action initiated to secure requirements of the Housing Acts and Regulations made thereunder:— | |
| 90 | |
| 1 | |
| Number of instances of informal action included in (a) and (b) above:— | |
| 30 | |
| 26 | |
| (c) at the suggestion of the Medical Officer of Health | 35 |
D.—Contraventions of Closing Orders.
| Number of contraventions of Closing Orders reported | Nil |
| Number of legal proceedings instituted | Nil |
| Cases coming to the notice of the Public Health Department during the year | 63 |
| Cases in which overcrowded families have been rehoused during 1952. | |
| Westminster City Council | 49 |
| London County Council | 27 |
Common Lodging Houses.
There are three common lodging houses in the City, two for men
and one for women licensed by the City Council under the Public Health
(London), Act, 1936.
Seventy-one visits were made to these lodging houses during the year,
including those of a routine character, or following the notification of
infectious disease or other illness arising amongst the occupants.