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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1934.
B.—Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied 379
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal notices:—
(a) By owners 228
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners Nil
C.—Proceedings under Sections 19 and 21 of the Housing
Act, 1930:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
Demolition Orders were made 6
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance
of Demolition Orders 18
D.—Proceedings under Section 20 of the Housing Act,
1930:—
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were
made 11
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were
determined, the tenement or room having
been rendered fit Nil
House-to-House Inspections.
The results of these inspections are shown in Table
XXXV. 1,060 inspections were made compared with 1,060 in
1933, 1589 in 1932, 2,731 in 1931, 2,957 in 1930, and 1,515 in 1929.
Nuisances necessitating the service of sanitary notices were found
in 879 of the houses.