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Wandsworth 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Housing. 85
(ci) Cases in which dwelling-houses have again become
overcrowded after the Local Authoritv have taken
%/
steps for the abatement of overcrowding Nil.
House-to-House Inspections.
The results of these inspections are shown in Table XXXV
2,237 inspections were made compared with 1,800 in 1935, 1,060
in 1934, 1060 in 1933, 1,589 in 1932 and 2,731 in 1931. Nuisances
necessitating the service of sanitary notices were found in 1,946
of the houses.
TABLE XXXV.
| Wards. | No. of houses inspected. | No. of houses in which defects were found. | Number of Families Living in:— | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One room. | Two rooms. | Three rooms. | Four rooms and upwards | |||
| Clapham North | 90 | 85 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 77 |
| Clapham South | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Putney | 276 | 206 | 1 | 28 | 146 | 133 |
| Balham | 242 | 198 | 5 | 30 | 151 | 179 |
| Streatham | 297 | 281 | * 7 | 29 | 87 | 237 |
| Tooting | 395 | 357 | 22 | 15 | 223 | 275 |
| Southfield | 441 | 386 | 10 | 22 | 130 | 376 |
| Fairfield | 250 | 222 | 14 | 27 | 118 | 168 |
| Springfield | 243 | 209 | 15 | 35 | 141 | 149 |
| Whole Borough | 2237 | 1946 | 78 | 201 | 1011 | 1597 |
Underground Rooms.
There were five underground rooms in the Borough found to
be illegally occupied during the year. Two of them have been
altered to comply with the Regulations, one is now unoccupied,
and action is being taken in the other two cases to have the rooms
made to comply with the Regulations.
Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Act, 1923.
During the year 23 applications were received from occupiers
that their houses were not in a reasonable state of repair. In