Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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) | |
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 |
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:— | |
58 | |
15 | |
(2) Number of instances of informal action included in (a) and (b) above:— | |
38 | |
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 |