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Islington 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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71 [1922
Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes 4,364
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 Nil
Number of premises cleansed under Section 20 of the L.C.C. (General Powers)
Act, 1904 150
Housing of the Working Classes—
Number of houses inspected 5,560
Number of representations by householders Nil
Number of representations by Medical Officer 1
Number of houses included in such representations 2
Number of houses remedied without Closing Orders Nil
Number of Demolition Orders Nil
Number of houses dealt with under Section 15 of the Housing, Town Planning,
etc., Act, 1909 Nil
Number of Closing Orders 2
Number of houses included in such Closing Orders 2
Number of Closing Orders determined. Nil
Number of houses demolished—(a) in pursuance of Orders 1
(b) voluntarily Nil
01 structive buildings—
Number of representations under Section 38 of the Housing Act, 1890 ... Nil
Number of representations still under consideration Nil
Number of buildings demolished Nil
Number of Orders for repairs issued under Section 28 of the Housing Act,
1919 5 notices relating to
5 dwelling houses
Number of houses repaired by local authorities Nil
Number of houses closed on notice by owner that they could not be made fit ... Nil
Total number of houses in the Borough 42,633
Number of houses for the working classes—
(a) Erected during year (Flats) 165
(b) In course of erection (Flats) 48
Number of houses occupied by the working classes 26,896
Smoke nuisances—
Number of observations 209
Number of warnings (letters sent) 24
Number of notices 9
Number cf nuisances and complaints 46
Number of summonses Nil
Underground Rooms—
Number illegally occupied 5
Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued 5
Overcrowding—
Number of rooms overcrowded 10
Number remedied 10
Prosecutions Nil