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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Table 15.—Unfit Premises
1967 | 1966 | |
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Closing orders made on underground rooms | 22 (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 premises | 3 (6 rooms) | 3 (8 rooms) |
Undertakings accepted on upper parts of buildings and mews premises | ||
Closing orders made on whole houses | 4 (32 rooms) | _ |
Undertakings accepted in lieu of closing order on whole houses Closing orders on underground rooms determined when work | — | — |
was carried out | 53 (120 rooms) | 25 (56 rooms) |
Closing orders on upper parts and mews premises determined when work was carried out | 2 (4 rooms) | 2 (12 rooms) |
Undertakings cancelled when work was carried out | 3 (16 rooms) | 1 (1 room) |
Closing orders or undertakings cancelled when premises were demolished | 36 (94 rooms) | 146 (339 rooms) |
Table 16.—Known Cases of Overcrowding
1967 | 1966 | |
---|---|---|
Dwellings overcrowded at end of year | 213 | 218 |
Persons dwelling therein | 807 units | 789i units |
(1,070 persons) | (1,066 persons) | |
New cases of overcrowding noted during the year | 36 | 13 |
Persons involved in the new cases | 149 units | 59½ units |
(205 persons) | (76 persons) | |
Cases of overcrowding relieved during the year | 41 | 68 |
Persons involved in the relieved cases | 155 units | 224½ units |
(221 persons) | (294 persons) |
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.