[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of] page 25

City of Westminster 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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(1) (a) Number of basements represented for closure 2
(5 rooms)
(b) Number of Closing Orders made in respect of underground rooms ...	3
(8 rooms)
(c) Number of Undertakings accepted in lieu of Closing Orders in respect of underground rooms	Nil
(2) (a) Number of other parts of buildings represented for closure	Nil
(b) Number of Closing Orders made in respect of other parts of buildings	Nil
(3) Number of specifications submitted and approved	6
(4) (a) Number of Closing Orders determined in respect of underground rooms	7
(19 rooms)
(b) Number of Closing Orders determined in respect of other parts of buildings	Nil
(5) (a) Number of applications made for modification of Closing Orders to permit approved use	13
(34 rooms)
(b) Number of applications approved	6
(16 rooms)
(6) Number of cancellations of Closing Orders (houses demolished)	2
B.—Informal action in respect of parts of buildings unfit for human habitation.
(1) Number of instances of informal action initiated to secure requirements of the Housing Acts and Regulations made thereunder:—
(a) in respect of underground rooms	58
(b) in respect of other parts of buildings	15
(2) Number of instances of informal action included in (a) and (b) above:—
(a) on the initiative of the owner	38
(b) at the suggestion of the Medical Officer of Health	35
C.—Contraventions of Closing Orders.
(1) Number of contraventions of Closing Orders reported	Nil
(2) Number of legal proceedings instituted	Nil
5. Housing Act, 1957—Part IV—Overcrowding.
(1) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year	8
(2) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year	14