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Wandsworth 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1951
Statistics Relating to Housing
Public Health Act
| No. of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness | 11,013 |
| Re-inspections | 37,622 |
| Number of statutory notices served: Intimation notices | 4,373 |
| Nuisance notices | 1,247 |
| Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied | 4,930 |
| Number of houses inspected—house to house (Housing Consolidated Regs. 1925) | nil. |
| (a) Number of houses included by representations by the Borough Medical Officer under Section 25 of Housing Act, 1936 | nil. |
| (b) Number of houses demolished following representation by Borough Medical Officer under Section 25 of Housing Act, 1936 | nil. |
| Number of houses repaired under Sections 9 and 10 of Housing Act, 1936: | |
| (a) by owners | nil. |
| (b) by Local Authority in default of owners | 4 |
| Number of houses demolished: (a) In pursuance of Orders under Section XI of the Housing Act, 1936 ... | nil. |
| (b) Voluntarily | nil. |
| Number of rooms on which Closing Orders were made (excluding underground rooms) | nil. |
| Number of Closing Orders determined | nil. |