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Wandsworth 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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There have been large reductions in the work associated with Housing during the year on account of the war.
| The number of dwelling-houses inspected for defects, under both the Public Health and Housing Acts, was | 4,816 |
| The number of inspections made of them was | 13,882 |
| The number of houses found not in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation was | 2,485 |
| The number of houses rendered fit without the | |
| the service of any notice was | 514 |
| The number of houses which were remedied by service of intimation notice only was | 1,467 |
| The number of houses where the service of a nuisance notice was necessary was | 504 |
| The number of houses in which defects were remedied after service of nuisance notices (including any where the notice was served in a previous year):— | |
| (a) by the Owners | 652 |
Action under the Housing Act, 1936.
99 of the houses inspected for defects were house to house
inspections made and recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925, and the total number of inspections made
under these Regulations was 1,268.
No houses were found unfit for habitation and no notices
to execute repairs were served under Section 9 of the Act.
Demolition and Closing Orders.
No Orders were made during the year. No houses were
demolished and no separate tenements or underground rooms
were closed following Orders made in previous years.