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City of Westminster 1967

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

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Table: Table 15.—Unfit Premises

Table 15.—Unfit Premises

19671966
Closing orders made on underground rooms22 (58 rooms)9 (21 rooms)
Undertakings accepted in lieu of closing orders on underground rooms
Closing orders made on upper parts of buildings and mews premises3 (6 rooms)3 (8 rooms)
Undertakings accepted on upper parts of buildings and mews premises
Closing orders made on whole houses4 (32 rooms)_
Undertakings accepted in lieu of closing order on whole houses Closing orders on underground rooms determined when work——
was carried out53 (120 rooms)25 (56 rooms)
Closing orders on upper parts and mews premises determined when work was carried out2 (4 rooms)2 (12 rooms)
Undertakings cancelled when work was carried out3 (16 rooms)1 (1 room)
Closing orders or undertakings cancelled when premises were demolished36 (94 rooms)146 (339 rooms)

Table: Table 16.—Known Cases of Overcrowding

Table 16.—Known Cases of Overcrowding

19671966
Dwellings overcrowded at end of year213218
Persons dwelling therein807 units789i units
(1,070 persons)(1,066 persons)
New cases of overcrowding noted during the year3613
Persons involved in the new cases149 units59½ units
(205 persons)(76 persons)
Cases of overcrowding relieved during the year4168
Persons involved in the relieved cases155 units224½ units
(221 persons)(294 persons)

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Note: The Housing Act, 1957 provides that in calculating the number of
"units":—
(i) no account shall be taken of a child under one year old, and
(ii) a child who has attained one year and is under ten years old
shall be reckoned as a half-unit.